History of STAR

Today's STAR was formed in 1980, and the "founding fathers" included Charles Spielberger, Henk Van der Ploeg, and Ralf Schwarzer. Originally the group was named the Society for Test Anxiety Research, but the name was changed to the Stress and Anxiety Research Society in 1991 at the Budapest conference, to better reflect the extended interests of the group (while still maintaining the acronym).

Previous meetings (and organizers) include:

2007	Punta Cana, Dominican Republic (Cecil Hiraldo)
2006	Rethymnon, Crete (Eleni Vasilaki)
2005	Halle, Germany (Oliver Stoll)
2004	Amsterdam, the Netherlands (Joost Meijer & Ron Oostdam)
2003	Lisbon, Portugal (Americo Baptista)
2002	Melbourne, Australia (Kate Moore)
2001	Palma de Mallorca, Spain (Javier Perez Pareja)
2000	Bratislava, Slovakia (Ivan Sarmany-Schuller)
1999	Krakow, Poland (Wladyslaw Losiak and Tytus Sosnowski)
1998	Istanbul, Turkey (Emine Erktin)
1997	Düsseldorf, Germany (Volker Hodapp and Christine Schwarzer)
1996	Graz, Austria (Norbert Tanzer and Catherine Sim)
1995	Praha, Czech Republic (Miluse Havlinova and Dagmar Schneiderova)
1994	Madrid, Spain (Juan Jose Miguel-Tobal)
1993	Cairo, Egypt (Nabil El-Zahar)
1992	Leuven, Belgium (Eric DePreeuw)
1991	Budapest, Hungary (Kornel Sipos)
1990	Berlin, Germany (Matthias Jerusalem & Ralf Schwarzer)
1989	Amsterdam, The Netherlands (Henk van der Ploeg)
1988	Padua, Italy (Anna-Laura Comunian)
1987	Bergen, Norway (Knut A. Hagtvet)
1986	Jerusalem, Israel (Moshe Zeidner)
1985	Düsseldorf, Germany (Christine Schwarzer)
1984	Leiden, The Netherlands (Henk van der Ploeg)
1983	Leuven, Belgium (Eric Depreeuw and Willi Lens)
1982	Aachen, Germany (Ralf Schwarzer)
1981	Leiden, The Netherlands (Henk van der Ploeg)
1980	Antwerp, Belgium

The web page for STAR was initiated in August of 1995, by Tom Backer Johnsen of the Psychometrics Unit of the Faculty of Psychology, University of Bergen, Norway. It was maintained by John Mueller, Division of Applied Psychology, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.