Self-reported fears and electrodermal responsiveness of high and low trait anxious subjects to fear of failure and other stressors

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Dean G. Kilpatrick
Patricia Sutker
John Roitzsh
Robert Mason
Cite this article:  Kilpatrick, D., Sutker, P., Roitzsh, J., & Mason, R. (1975). Self-reported fears and electrodermal responsiveness of high and low trait anxious subjects to fear of failure and other stressors. Social Behavior and Personality: An international journal, 3(2), 205-212.


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We examined the relationship between self-reported fears on the Wolpe-Lang Fear Survey Schedule and scores on the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) among hospitalized male veterans and evaluated the effects of threat of failure and loss of self-esteem on the electrodermal activity of 32 male college students classified as high or low trait anxious. Results showed a significant relationship between trait anxiety and fearfulness with HA-trait individuals demonstrating greater overall fearfulness than those classified as LA-Trait with the most significant differences indicated for fears of failure. There were no differences in electrodermal activity between HA- and LA-Trait participants in response to manipulation of instructions designed to increase the level of A-State. Though high stress instructions involving ego and failure threat produced an increased frequency of nonspecific EDRs in both groups, there was no evidence that HA-Trait participants responded with any greater increase in electrodermal activity.
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