Anxiety is a multifaceted construct with several differentiated types¶

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q1 i? Psychologists have differentiated a number of types of anxiety, including trait anxiety, state anxiety, achievement anxiety, and facilitative-debilitative anxiety. → Elaine K. Horwitz 2010

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Elaine K. Horwitz 2010¶

Elaine K. Horwitz. (2010). Foreign and second language anxiety. Language Teaching, Volume 43, Issue 2, April 2010, pp. 154-167. https://doi.org/10.1017/S026144480999036X

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Definitional statement in the article's extract enumerating the anxiety types psychologists have differentiated: 'trait anxiety, state anxiety, achievement anxiety, and facilitative-debilitative anxiety'. This is a descriptive taxonomy statement, not an empirical test.

"psychologists have differentiated a number of types of anxiety including trait anxiety, state anxiety, achievement anxiety, and facilitative-debilitative anxiety"

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