The Beck Anxiety Inventory in a non-clinical sample

Abstract

This study investigated the properties of the Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI) in a sample of 326 undergraduate students. Scores on the BAI were compared with data from the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory and the Beck Depression Inventory. The BAI demonstrated good psychometric properties, with a high level of internal consistency. Relatively low test-retest correlations, in comparison with the STAI-Trait, suggested that the scale was functioning as a state measure. Factor analysis revealed a unifactorial solution on the first administration (a time of low stress), but a two factor solution similar to that proposed initially by Beck, Epstein, Brown and Steer (Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psy..