Predictive Relationship Between Trait and State Anxiety and Themes in Early Recollections Using the Early Recollection Rating Scale–Revised

The early recollections (ERs) of 56 graduate students were analyzed with the Early Recollection Rating Scale–Revised to determine whether students who scored higher on anxiety also scored high on ER themes of withdrawal, passivity, rejection, inferiority, and perceiving life as threatening. ER themes and anxiety were compared during high-stress (attending classes) and low-stress (classes not in session) times of the academic year. This study's...