Abstract
The purpose of this study was to explore the influences of stimulus (white noise/pornography video), situation (observed/non observed) and trait (high audience anxiety/low audience anxiety, repressor/sensitizer) on anxiety responses in order to examine the interaction model for anxiety. The results were as follows; (1) there were no situational anxiety differences between observed and non observed groups under the condition of white noise which was regarded as a physical danger stimulus, but the significant differences of situational anxiety could be observed between the two groups under the condition of pornography video which was regarded as an ego threatening stimulus. (2) significant differences of anxiety responses between repressor and sensitizer were recognized especially under the condition of ego threatening situation (observed / pornography video). Repressor showed higher discrepancies between indications of physiological and self-reported anxiety as compared with sensitization. These findings indicated that a triple interaction model of stimulus, situation and trait was more available for prediction of anxiey.
