The Role of Overt and Covert Avoidance Strategies in Generalized Anxiety Disorder Symptoms and Fear of Emotion
| Autor: | Naomi Koerner, Bailee L. Malivoire, Melina M. Ovanessian, Gabrielle Marcotte-Beaumier |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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endocrine system
050103 clinical psychology Future studies Generalized anxiety disorder genetic structures endocrine system diseases media_common.quotation_subject 05 social sciences Theoretical models nutritional and metabolic diseases Cognition Thought suppression medicine.disease 030227 psychiatry 03 medical and health sciences Clinical Psychology 0302 clinical medicine Covert Cognitive avoidance medicine 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Worry Psychology media_common Clinical psychology |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment. 44:344-352 |
| ISSN: | 1573-3505 0882-2689 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s10862-021-09929-5 |
| Popis: | Models of generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) have largely focused on the role of cognitive (i.e. covert) processes in the maintenance of GAD symptoms, including cognitive avoidance (e.g., thought suppression). Researchers have begun to investigate more systematically the role of overt avoidance behaviors in GAD symptoms and processes. However, the contribution of both overt and covert avoidance strategies in GAD symptoms and emotional processes has not been examined yet. The aim of the present study was to investigate if both overt and covert avoidance strategies are related to (Objective 1) and make a unique contribution in the explanation of the variance of (Objective 2) GAD symptoms, chronic worry and emotional processes (i.e. fear of emotion). Individuals high in chronic worry and GAD symptoms (N = 113) recruited from the community completed measures of the study variables. Greater use of overt and covert avoidance were both related to greater GAD symptoms, worry severity and fear of emotion. However, covert avoidance was the only unique correlate of GAD symptoms, worry severity and fear of emotion. The results suggest that covert avoidance makes a greater contribution to GAD symptoms and fear of emotion, than does overt avoidance. Future studies are needed to understand how overt avoidance behaviors fit into theoretical models of chronic worry and GAD. |
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