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.
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