Aim To measure the level of anxiety of the subject using
Sinha's Comprehensive Anxiety Test.
Basic Concept
1. concept of stress (page 51)
2. Nature of stress (briefly pg 52)
3. Effects of stress on psychological health (page 57)
a. concept of burnout (pg 59 )
b. concept of anxiety ( pg 76)
c. Different anxiety disorders (page 76-79) Make a
mention
Methodology- (same as in other practicals)
Preliminaries
Name
Age
Sex of subject
General condition of the subject : Cheerful,relaxed,cooperative
Materials required
1. Sinha's Comprehensive Anxiety Test
2. Manual
3.Pencil
4.Watch
Description of the test
On an examination of tests in existence, the present authors
found that they were not covering certain facets of anxiety.
These considerations led to the development of
this comprehensive test of anxiety, incorporating a variety
of anxiety indices proposed by different investigators from time
to time, keeping in view the conditions available in this country.
The items of the test were largely constructed on the basis of the
symptoms of anxiety reported by those who visited the Institute
of Psychological Research and Service, Patna University for
psychological assistance.
The test was administered on 100 college students who were
approached for Psychological assistance complaining of one or
several symptoms of anxiety. No time was imposed. The
subjects were required to respond to each item in terms of yes or
no. The yes response to any item was indicative of anxiety and
was given a score of 1. A score of 0 was given for a no
response.
Psychometric Properties-
The test has a high reliability of 0.92. The coefficient of validity
was determined by computing the coefficient between scores on
Comprehensive Anxiety Test and on Taylor's Manifest Anxiety
Scale. It was 62 which is significant beyond 0.001 level of
confidence.
Norms- Norms for the test have been prepared on a sample of
400 college students of B.A. classes consisting of both the
sexes-200 boys and 200 girls. Percentile scores are provided for
boys and girls separately.
An individual with an extremely high score of above the 75th
percentile may be regarded as hyper-anxiety individual. His
personality is complicated and he may be in need of counselling
and psychotherapy. The extremely low scores, below 25th
percentile, may indicate the person as undermotivated and
sluggish. The middle group of scores would represent
essentially normal individuals.
Process of Test Administration.
Rapport formation and Instructions
“Please be relaxed. This is a very simple and easy test to do.
You can take your time to complete.Some statements are given
in these pages and they are concerned with your behaviour and
temperament. Against each statement two alternate responses
are provided in ‘Yes’ and ‘No’ form of the cell.You have to
reach each statement and put your views by making a (X) on
either cell below Yes or No response.
Please reply to all the statements without hesitation as your
response will be kept confidential. Although there is no time
limit , still be quick in your work.”
Precautions:
1. The instructions printed on the test form should be made clear
by the test administrator to the testee.
2. No time limit is fixed for completing the test.
3. It should be emphasized that there is no right or wrong
response to the statements.
4. It should be pointed out that each item has to be responded to
in either positive or negative terms i.e. yes or no, and that no
statement should be left out.
5. It is undesirable to tell the testee about the aim of the test.
Conduction
The subject was brought to the Laboratory / room. A rapport
was formed and instructions were read. Subject was given the
form and asked to fill it up with the first spontaneous response.
Subject was given enough time to fill in the responses. On
completion an introspective report was taken.
Introspective Report
( please write in subjects own words what subject felt on giving
the test)
Behavioural observations ( write your observations about
subject .Whether subject was able to do the test or what
emotions the subject displayed while completing the test)
Data: attached on the facing page (pl.attach the response sheet)
Scoring
The inventory can be scored accurately by hand and no scoring
key or stencil has been provided so far. For any response 'yes',
the testee should be awarded the score of one and zero for 'no'.
The sum of all the positive responses would be the total anxiety
score of the individual.
Results
Score Percentile Level of Anxiety
Interpretation
Define Anxiety. (pg 76 of textbook)
Give subject’s score , percentile and it's interpretation/level of
anxiety.
Support your subjects score with examples from the SCAT form
(for example , the subject may have responded to any statement
as YES ,indicating anxiety. Quote this here.)
Conclusion : Using Sinhas Comprehensive Anxiety Test the
subject was seen to have ______ level of anxiety .
References
SCAT manual
Psychology textbook-class 12-NCERT
