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Assessing Anxiety with Extrinsic Simon Tasks

Stefan C. SchmukleBoris Egloff

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AdultMalePsychological TestsDirect assessmentmedia_common.quotation_subjectImplicit-association testExperimental and Cognitive PsychologyGeneral MedicineAnxietyTask (project management)AssociationArts and Humanities (miscellaneous)Convergent validitymedicineHumansPersonalityAnxietyFemalePsychological testingmedicine.symptomPsychologyAssociation (psychology)General Psychologymedia_commonCognitive psychology

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This article introduces two new indirect measures of anxiety that are based on the Extrinsic Affective Simon Task (EAST; De Houwer, 2003 ). The EAST differs from the more established Implicit Association Test (IAT; Greenwald, McGhee, & Schwartz, 1998 ) in that participants' responses to different trials within one block of trials are compared rather than performance between two different blocks of trials. Two studies led to the following results: (a) Both extrinsic Simon tasks for assessing anxiety showed only moderate internal consistencies, (b) one of the two tasks showed at least some convergent validity with an IAT for assessing anxiety, and (c) both tasks were dissociated from self-reported anxiety. Implications for future adaptations of the EAST for the indirect assessment of personality dimensions are discussed.

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2006-08-17Experimental Psychology
https://doi.org/10.1027/1618-3169.53.2.149