1. A stable personality characteristic representing a general tendency to experience anxiety across various situations; a predisposition to perceive situations as threatening.
People with high trait anxiety are more prone to worrying in multiple contexts.
Pessoas com alta ansiedade de traço são mais propensas a se preocupar em múltiplos contextos.
2. In psychology, a dispositional tendency to be anxious that is relatively consistent over time, as opposed to state anxiety which fluctuates.
The assessment distinguished between trait anxiety and situational state anxiety.
A avaliação diferenciou entre ansiedade de traço e ansiedade de estado situacional.