The validity of the state-trait anxiety inventory and the brief scale for anxiety in an inpatient sample with alcohol use disorder.
Navan N ShahMelanie L SchwandtBreanne HobdenDavid S BaldwinJulia M A SinclairRoberta AgabioLorenzo LeggioPublished in: Addiction (Abingdon, England) (2021)
Use of the Brief Scale for Anxiety (BSA) and/or State-Trait Anxiety Inventory Form Y-2 (STAI-Y-2) does not appear to be a reliable substitute for clinical diagnoses of anxiety disorder among inpatients with alcohol use disorder. The BSA and STAI-Y-2 could serve as a screening tool to reject the presence of anxiety disorders rather than for detecting an anxiety disorder.