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Foot-in-the-door ( FITD) technique is a compliance tactic that aims at getting a person to agree to a large request by having them agree to a modest request first. [ 1][ 2][ 3] This technique works by creating a connection between the person asking for a request and the person that is being asked. If a smaller request is granted, then the ...
State-Trait Anxiety Inventory. The State-Trait Anxiety Inventory ( STAI) is a psychological inventory consisting of 40 self-report items on a 4-point Likert scale. The STAI measures two types of anxiety – state anxiety and trait anxiety. Higher scores are positively correlated with higher levels of anxiety.
LOINC. 62715-8. The Screen for Child Anxiety Related Emotional Disorders ( SCARED) is a self-report screening questionnaire for anxiety disorders developed in 1997. [ 1] The SCARED is intended for youth, 9–18 years old, [ 1] and their parents to complete in about 10 minutes. [ 2] It can discriminate between depression and anxiety, as well as ...
Though support exists for using the BAI with high-school students and psychiatric inpatient samples of ages 14 to 18 years, [26] the recently developed diagnostic tool, Beck Youth Inventories, Second Edition, contains an anxiety inventory of 20 questions specifically designed for children and adolescents ages 7 to 18 years old. [27]
t. e. The Spence Children's Anxiety Scale ( SCAS) is a psychological questionnaire designed to identify symptoms of various anxiety disorders, specifically social phobia, obsessive-compulsive disorder, panic disorder / agoraphobia, and other forms of anxiety, in children and adolescents between ages 8 and 15.
Generalized anxiety disorder ( GAD) is a mental and behavioral disorder, [ 5] specifically an anxiety disorder characterized by excessive, uncontrollable and often irrational worry about events or activities. [ 6] Worry often interferes with daily functioning, and individuals with GAD are often overly concerned about everyday matters such as ...
Anxiety disorders are a group of mental disorders characterized by exaggerated feelings of anxiety and fear responses. [ 7] Anxiety is a worry about future events and fear is a reaction to current events. These feelings may cause physical symptoms, such as a fast heart rate and shakiness.
Self-control is an aspect of inhibitory control, one of the core executive functions. [ 1][ 2] Executive functions are cognitive processes that are necessary for regulating one's behavior in order to achieve specific goals. [ 1][ 2] Defined more independently, self-control is the ability to regulate one's emotions, thoughts, and behavior in the ...