Table 2.

State-trait anxiety inventory–trait subscale (STAI-T)

1. I feel pleasant
2. I feel nervous and restless
3. I feel satisfied with myself
4. I wish I could be as happy as others seem to be
5. I feel like a failure
6. I feel rested
7. I am “calm, cool, and collected”
8. I feel that difficulties are piling up so that I cannot overcome them
9. I worry too much over something that really doesn’t matter
10. I am happy
11. I have disturbing thoughts
12. I lack self-confidence
13. I feel secure
14. I make decisions easily
15. I feel inadequate
16. I am content
17. Some unimportant thought runs through my mind and bothers me
18. I take disappointments so keenly that I can’t put them out of my mind
19. I am a steady person
20. I get in a state of tension or turmoil as I think over my recent concerns and interests