TY - JOUR
T1 - The Arousability Predisposition Scale (APS)
T2 - Validity and Determinants of Between-Subject Variability
AU - Saliba, Anthony
AU - Henderson, Ron
AU - Deane, Frank
AU - Mahar, Doug
N1 - Imported on 12 Apr 2017 - DigiTool details were: Journal title (773t) = Journal of General Psychology: experimental, physiological, and comparative psychology. ISSNs: 0022-1309;
PY - 1998
Y1 - 1998
N2 - Norms for the Arousability Predisposition Scale (APS; S. Coren, 1990) obtained from an Australian university sample are presented. The construct tapped by the APS is reviewed, with state and trait anxiety, sex, and age examined as possible determinants of individual arousability predisposition. Sex differences were found on trait anxiety and APS measures'women scored higher than men on those respective measures. Regression analysis revealed that trait anxiety accounted for a large proportion of variance on the APS, whereas sex accounted for a small, but statistically significant, proportion of variance. It is suggested that the APS taps a component of trait anxiety. Further research is called for to validate the APS as a measure of physiological arousability and as a useful psychophysical tool.
AB - Norms for the Arousability Predisposition Scale (APS; S. Coren, 1990) obtained from an Australian university sample are presented. The construct tapped by the APS is reviewed, with state and trait anxiety, sex, and age examined as possible determinants of individual arousability predisposition. Sex differences were found on trait anxiety and APS measures'women scored higher than men on those respective measures. Regression analysis revealed that trait anxiety accounted for a large proportion of variance on the APS, whereas sex accounted for a small, but statistically significant, proportion of variance. It is suggested that the APS taps a component of trait anxiety. Further research is called for to validate the APS as a measure of physiological arousability and as a useful psychophysical tool.
KW - APS
KW - Anxiety
KW - Normative data
KW - Physiological arousability
KW - Stress
U2 - 10.1080/00221309809595549
DO - 10.1080/00221309809595549
M3 - Article
SN - 0022-1309
VL - 125
SP - 263
EP - 269
JO - Journal of General Psychology
JF - Journal of General Psychology
IS - 3
ER -