Abstract
The purpose of this study was to compare the state and trait anxiety scores of managerial and non-managerial personnel with the somatic complaint of headache after controlling for stressful life events.
The subjects were limited to those presenting to the Medical Department of a large Kansas City corporation with the somatic complaint of headache. The first ten management and ten non-management subjects were given the Holmes-Rahe questionnaire, the Schedule of Recent Life Events. After completing this, the subjects were given the State-Trait anxiety test by Spielberger, measuring for anxiety levels at the moment and propensity for anxiety, respectively.
The responses were evaluated by the analysis of covariance. This was utilized to explore between group differences in State anxiety and in Trait anxiety scores, with scores on the Schedule of Recent Life Events as the covariant. Results showed no difference in state and trait anxiety levels when controlling for Recent Life Events between management and non-management groups.