Factor Analysis of Expressions of Anxiety

Abstract

40 female college students were videotaped in an interview during which they were questioned about sexual attitudes. Independent pairs of judges rated subjects using these videotapes. A rotated factor analysis performed on 18 non-verbal ratings, a finger-sweat index, the subject's subjective rating of own anxiety, and the Taylor Manifest Anxiety Scale yielded five factors: level of excitement, activity level, degree of compulsiveness, style of budgeting time in an anxiety-provoking situation, and directness of orientation.