Experience and appraisal of worry among high worriers with and without generalized anxiety disorder
Experience and appraisal of worry among high worriers with and without generalized anxiety disorder
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DOI：
10.1016/j.brat.2003.10.007
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发表时间：
2004-12-01
影响因子：
4.1
通讯作者：
Borkovec, TD
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作者：
Ruscio, AM;Borkovec, TD
最近的研究表明，大量高度焦虑的人没有资格诊断为广泛性焦虑症（GAD）。这就引出了一个有趣的问题：为什么一些高度忧虑者比其他人更容易受到忧虑的伤害和困扰，特别是当他们的忧虑程度相同时。本研究试图解决这个问题，通过检查是否GAD和非GAD高忧虑者在他们的实际担心的经验，他们的主观评价担心的经验，或经验和担心的评价不同。GAD和非GAD焦虑者，选择匹配的特质担心严重程度的水平，完成了一个注意力集中的任务与思想抽样之前和之后的一个简短的担心感应。他们还完成了问卷调查，评估他们在焦虑诱导期间和之后的经历，以及他们对焦虑的一般看法。GAD焦虑者在焦虑后对消极侵入性想法的控制力较低，报告了焦虑后更大的躯体过度觉醒，并且比他们的焦虑匹配对照组更强烈地认可了几种关于焦虑的消极信念。结果表明，GAD与独特的经历和评价有关，这些经历和评价将其与其他形式的严重担忧区分开来。(C)2003爱思唯尔有限公司。保留所有权利。
Recent research has revealed that a large number of highly worried individuals do not qualify for a diagnosis of generalized anxiety disorder (GAD). This raises the intriguing question of why some high worriers are more impaired and distressed by their worrying than others, particularly when the severity of their worry is the same. The present investigation sought to address this question by examining whether GAD and non-GAD high worriers differ in their actual worry experiences, their subjective appraisals of worry experiences, or both experiences and appraisals of worry. GAD and non-GAD worriers, selected for matching levels of trait worry severity, completed an attention-focus task with thought sampling before and after a brief worry induction. They also completed questionnaires assessing their experiences during and after the worry induction, as well as their general beliefs about worry. GAD worriers experienced less control over negative intrusive thoughts immediately after worrying, reported greater somatic hyperarousal following worry, and endorsed several negative beliefs about worry more strongly than their worry-matched controls. Results suggest that GAD is associated with unique experiences and appraisals that distinguish it from other forms of severe worry. (C) 2003 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.