Nakazato K, Shimonaka Y
Department of Psychology, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology, Japan.
Percept Mot Skills. 1989 Oct;69(2):611-7. doi: 10.2466/pms.1989.69.2.611.
Purpose of the present study was to investigate scores on anxiety among adults of different ages. The State-Trait Anxiety Inventory was administered to a representative community sample of 1,234 men and women whose ages ranged from 25 to 92 yr. Anxiety declined linearly over the series of age groups. A sex difference was also observed on trait anxiety; women showed higher anxiety than men. Occupation was associated with anxiety for men but with education for women. Possible development of anxiety and differential association of demographic variables with anxiety between sexes were discussed in relation to personality.
本研究的目的是调查不同年龄成年人的焦虑得分。对1234名年龄在25岁至92岁之间的男性和女性的代表性社区样本进行了状态-特质焦虑量表测试。在一系列年龄组中，焦虑呈线性下降。在特质焦虑方面也观察到了性别差异；女性的焦虑程度高于男性。职业与男性的焦虑有关，而与女性的教育程度有关。结合人格讨论了焦虑可能的发展以及性别之间人口统计学变量与焦虑的差异关联。
