The psychometric properties of the Portuguese version of the trait form of the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI-T) and its relation to the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) were evaluated in a large Brazilian college student sample containing 845 women and 235 men. STAI-T scores tended to be higher for women, singles, those who work, and subjects under 30 years. Factor analysis of the STAI-T for total sample and by gender yielded two factors: the first representing a mood dimension and the second being related to worrying or cognitive aspects of anxiety. In order to study the relation between anxiety and depression measures, factor analysis of the combination of the 21 BDI items and the 20 STAI-T items was also carried out. The analysis resulted in two factors that were analyzed according to the tripartite model of anxiety and depression. Most of the BDI items (measuring positive affectivity and nonspecific symptoms of depression) were loaded on the first factor and four STAI-T items that measure positive affectivity. The remaining STAI-T items, all of them measuring negative affect, remained in the second factor. Thus, factor 1 represents a depression dimension and factor 2 measures a mood-worrying dimension. The findings of this study suggest that, although widely used as an anxiety scale, the STAI-T in fact measures mainly a general negative affect.

A fenologia de 6 espécies arbóreas foi estudada de outubro de 1993 a outubro de 1996, em um fragmento de floresta (10 ha) na região metropolitana de São Paulo (aproximadamente 46º43'W e 23º33'S; 750 m de altitude média). Foram acompanhados indivíduos de Alchornea sidifolia, Cecropia glaziouii, Cedrela fissilis, Cordia ecalyculata, Croton floribundus e Cupania oblongifolia, e observado o período de ocorrência das fenofases: floração, frutificação, queda e brotamento de folhas. Foi realizada a análise descritiva circular da época de ocorrência das fenofases e determinados os coeficientes de correlação múltipla entre a precipitação, a temperatura e as fenofases, para investigar a influência destes fatores do clima na fenologia das espécies. A relação mais forte foi encontrada entre a frutificação e o clima em C. ecalyculata, seguida por C. floribundus. São discutidos os fatores relacionados com a época de ocorrência, duração, periodicidade e sincronia dos eventos fenológicos.

The phenology of six tree species was studied from October 1993 to October 1996, in a forest fragment (10 ha) located in the metropolitan region of São Paulo City (aproximately 46º43'W and 23º33'S; 750 m of mean altitude). Individuals of Alchornea sidifolia, Cecropia glaziouii, Cedrela fissilis, Cordia ecalyculata, Croton floribundus and Cupania oblongifolia were observed about the time of occurrence of flowering, fruiting, leaf fall, and flushing. Descriptive circular analysis was carried out for the time of occurrence, as well as multiple correlation coeficients were determined in order to investigate the relationship between temperature and rainfall and phenological events. The strongest relationship was found between the fruiting season and climate for C. ecalyculata, followed by C. floribundus. The factors related to the time of occurrence, duration, periodicity and sincrony of the phenological events are discussed.