manifest {mlim}

Manifest Anxiety Scale

Description

The Taylor Manifest Anxiety Scale was first developed in 1953 to identify individuals who would be good subjects for studies of stress and other related psychological phenomenon. Since then it has been used as a measure of anxiety as general personality trait. Anxiety is a complex psychological construct that includes a multiple of different facets related to extensive worrying that may impair normal functioning. The test has been widely studied and used in research, however there are some concerns that it does not measure a single trait, but instead, measures a basket of loosely related ones and so the score is not that meaningful.

Usage

manifest

Format

A data frame with 4469 rows and 52 variables:

gender

participants' gender

age

participants' age in years

Q1

I do not tire quickly.

Q2

I am troubled by attacks of nausea.

Q3

I believe I am no more nervous than most others.

Q4

I have very few headaches.

Q5

I work under a great deal of tension.

Q6

I cannot keep my mind on one thing.

Q7

I worry over money and business.

Q8

I frequently notice my hand shakes when I try to do something.

Q9

I blush no more often than others.

Q10

I have diarrhea once a month or more.

Q11

I worry quite a bit over possible misfortunes.

Q12

I practically never blush.

Q13

I am often afraid that I am going to blush.

Q14

I have nightmares every few nights.

Q15

My hands and feet are usually warm.

Q16

I sweat very easily even on cool days.

Q17

Sometimes when embarrassed, I break out in a sweat.

Q18

I hardly ever notice my heart pounding and I am seldom short of breath.

Q19

I feel hungry almost all the time.

Q20

I am very seldom troubled by constipation.

Q21

I have a great deal of stomach trouble.

Q22

I have had periods in which I lost sleep over worry.

Q23

My sleep is fitful and disturbed.

Q24

I dream frequently about things that are best kept to myself.

Q25

I am easily embarrassed.

Q26

I am more sensitive than most other people.

Q27

I frequently find myself worrying about something.

Q28

I wish I could be as happy as others seem to be.

Q29

I am usually calm and not easily upset.

Q30

I cry easily.

Q31

I feel anxiety about something or someone almost all the time.

Q32

I am happy most of the time.

Q33

It makes me nervous to have to wait.

Q34

I have periods of such great restlessness that I cannot sit long I a chair.

Q35

Sometimes I become so excited that I find it hard to get to sleep.

Q36

I have sometimes felt that difficulties were piling up so high that I could not overcome them.

Q37

I must admit that I have at times been worried beyond reason over something that really did not matter.

Q38

I have very few fears compared to my friends.

Q39

I have been afraid of things or people that I know could not hurt me.

Q40

I certainly feel useless at times.

Q41

I find it hard to keep my mind on a task or job.

Q42

I am usually self-conscious.

Q43

I am inclined to take things hard.

Q44

I am a high-strung person.

Q45

Life is a trial for me much of the time.

Q46

At times I think I am no good at all.

Q47

I am certainly lacking in self-confidence.

Q48

I sometimes feel that I am about to go to pieces.

Q49

I shrink from facing crisis of difficulty.

Q50

I am entirely self-confident.

Details

The data comes from an online offering of the Taylor Manifest Anxiety Scale. At the end of the test users were asked if their answers were accurate and could be used for research, 76 https://openpsychometrics.org/.

#' items 1 to 50 were rated 1=True and 2=False. gender, chosen from a drop down menu (1=male, 2=female, 3=other) and age was entered as a free response (ages<14 have been removed)

Source

https://openpsychometrics.org/tests/TMAS/

References

Taylor, J. (1953). "A personality scale of manifest anxiety". The Journal of Abnormal and Social Psychology, 48(2), 285-290.