Trait anxiety and trait anger measured by ecological momentary assessment and their correspondence with traditional trait questionnaires

Journal of Research in Personality

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 843-852

  Edmondson, Donald ^a   Shaffer, Jonathan A ^a   Chaplin, William F ^b   Burg, Matthew M ^a,c   Stone, Arthur A ^d   Schwartz, Joseph E ^a,d  

^a NewYork Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

^b ST JOHN'S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anger; Anxiety; Assessment methods; Ecological momentary assessment; Multilevel modeling; Trait versus state measurement

Indexed keywords

EID: 84884402556     PISSN: 00926566     EISSN: 10957251     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jrp.2013.08.005     Document Type: Article

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