Multifactored Self-Report Rating Scales of Anxiety May Not Actually Measure Multiple Dimensions of Anxiety Symptoms: Evidence from the State-Trait Inventory of Cognitive and Somatic Anxiety

State-Trait Inventory of Cognitive and Somatic Anxiety (STICSA) scores from a diverse sample of college students (n = 635) were fit to confirmatory and exploratory structural equation models. Results indicated that the STICSA cognitive and somatic subscores are not “pure” reliable measures of latent cognitive and somatic anxiety, respectively.