Beliefs about worry in community-dwelling older adults.
Beliefs about worry in community-dwelling older adults.
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对居住在社区的老年人的担忧的信念。
DOI：
10.1002/da.20199
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发表时间：
2006
影响因子：
7.4
通讯作者：
Nuevo,Roberto
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作者：
Montorio,Ignacio;Wetherell,JulieLoebach;Nuevo,Roberto
本研究考察了从社区中招募的老年人样本（N=142，平均年龄=71.0岁，SD=6.0，范围= 55-88）中几种关于担忧的信念与广泛性焦虑障碍（GAD）严重程度之间的关系。对忧虑的信念进行了评估，采用了为老年人设计的17项量表，包括三个维度：积极信念、消极信念和责任。所有三个维度都区分了有广泛性焦虑症症状的人和没有广泛性焦虑症症状的人，只有消极信念在广泛性焦虑症严重程度上具有显著的独立权重，即使在控制了特质担忧水平之后也是如此。本研究结果表明，消极信念似乎与老年人的病理性担忧密切相关。这些结果与年轻人的经验发现一致，并可能支持在老年广泛性焦虑症患者的临床工作中使用特殊干预措施。抑郁与焦虑，2006。出版于2006年Wiley - Liss， Inc。
This study examines the association between several kinds of beliefs about worry and generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) severity in a sample of older individuals recruited from a community setting (N=142, mean age=71.0 years,SD=6.0, range=55–88). Beliefs about worry were assessed with a 17‐item scale designed for older adults, including three dimensions: Positive Beliefs, Negative Beliefs, and Responsibility. All three dimensions distinguished between people endorsing GAD symptoms and those without GAD symptoms, and only Negative Beliefs had a significant independent weight when regressed on GAD severity, even after controlling for level of trait worry. Results of this study suggest that negative beliefs appear to be strongly related to pathological worry in older adults. These results are consistent with empirical findings in younger adults and potentially support the use of particular interventions in clinical work with older adults with GAD. Depression and Anxiety 23:466–473, 2006. Published 2006 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.