TABLE 11.

Empirical validity of the STAI-S-6 and STAI-T-6 in participants stratified by sex and mental state.

	No anxiety disorder (n = 297)		Anxiety disorder (n = 33)		Test index	p
STAI-S-6	12.19 ± 3.53		17.00 ± 4.44		t(36.63 df) = −6.008	<0.001
STAI-T-6	12.84 ± 3.36		16.76 ± 4.60		t(328 df) = −6.094	<0.001
	Male (n = 116)	Female (n = 181)	Male (n = 12)	Female (n = 21)
STAI-S-6	12.59 ± 3.46	11.94 ± 3.57	15.17 ± 3.74	18.05 ± 4.56	F (3 df) = 20.003	<0.001
STAI-T-6	1.11 ± 0.11	1.08 ± 0.13	1.15 ± 0.11	1.24 ± 0.14	F (3 df) = 10.443	<0.001