The Spontaneity Assessment Inventory (SAi), Anxiety, Obsessive-Compulsive Tendency, and Temporal Orientation

Authors

  • ANDROULLA CHRISTOFOROU Author
  • DAVID A. KIPPER Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.12926/n47nkx67

Keywords:

anxiety

Abstract

The authors examined the reliability and construct validity of two original inventories, the Spontaneity Assessment Inventory (SAI) and the Spontaneity Deficit Inventory (SDI). They administered the 2 inventories, along with the State- Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI), the Revised Obsessive-Compulsive Inventory (OCIR), and the Temporal Orientation Scale (TOS), to 85 students. They also administered the SAI and SDI twice, within a 5-week interval, to 35 employees of a travel agency. The results showed high split-half (odd-even) and test-retest reliability coefficients, with no statistically significant gender differences on the SAI and SDI inventories. The SAI scores correlated negatively with the STAI and with the OCI-R scores. The SAI score correlated positively with the present-time orientation. The SDI correlated positively with STAI, the OCI-R scores, and with the past orientation of TOS. The authors also discuss the possible implications of these results.

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2026-01-23

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Vol. 59 No. 1 (2006): Group Psychotherapy, Psychodrama, and Sociometry

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