STABILITY OF ANXIETY - STABILITY OF THE T RAIT OF ANXIETY, OF THE STATE OF ANXIETY, AND THEIR POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE COMPONENTS

In a group of 128 students (men of technical schools), we studied the stability of negative and positive components of anxiety state/trait t hat were separated in the preceding research (the names of the compone nts were chosen according to the terminology used at the research of m ood, while both components were scored for anxiety). In keeping with o ur assumption, the stability of the trait of anxiety components is hig her than the stability of anxiety state. The stability of positive and negative components of anxiety is different. The positive component o f trait anxiety is more stable than its negative component. On the oth er hand, the level of anxiety feelings is more stable than the level o f the satisfaction and good mood feelings. Different stability and dif ferent relations of positive and negative components of anxiety toward s other variables result in the authors' conclusion that it would be s uitable to measure both of the above mentioned components separately.