Charles Speilberger
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Charles Speilberger, Ph.D. is a clinical/community psychologist well-known for his development of the State/Trait Anxiety Inventory.
Speilberger is a former president of the American Psychological Association. He currently belongs to a think tank at the University of South Florida in Tampa, Florida and was formerly Chairman of the Psychology Department there.
In 1972, as in coming president of the Southeastern Psychological Association (SEPA) he appointed the first SEPA Task Force on the Status of Women, chaired by Ellen Kimmel.[1]
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[edit] State Trait Anxiety Inventory
Speilberger made the conceptual distinct between chronic or trait anxiety (a general propensity to be anxious) and temporary or state anxiety (a temporary state varying in intensity). To measure these concepts, he developed the State Trait Anxiety Inventory.
[edit] State Trait Anger Scale
Carrying this concept further, Speilberger distinguished between state and trait anger. State anger is definded as a temporary emotional state while trait anger is a general tendency to react angrily to perceive situations. (Spielberger et al., 1983).[2] Speilberger became a well known authority on anger and its manifestations.[3]
[edit] Footnotes
- ^ Irving B. Weiner, Donald K. Freedheim. Handbook of Psychology. books.google.com. Retrieved on 2008-03-04.
- ^ Correctional Service of Canada - Literature Review on Women's Anger and Other Emotions - State Trait Anger Scale. www.csc-scc.gc.ca. Retrieved on 2008-03-04.
- ^ Shahid, Sadaf. The News - International - Tuesday, March 04, 2008. www.thenews.com.pk. Retrieved on 2008-03-04.
