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Cognitive and somatic anxiety.

A Steptoe1, N Kearsley

  • 1Department of Psychology, St Georges Hospital Medical School, University of London, England.

Behaviour Research and Therapy
|January 1, 1990
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This study explored anxiety in adults using three questionnaires. Findings suggest the Cognitive-Somatic Anxiety Questionnaire (CSAQ) may effectively measure cognitive and somatic anxiety components.

Area of Science:

  • Psychology
  • Psychophysiology

Background:

  • Anxiety is understood to have both cognitive and somatic components.
  • Previous research suggested meditation reduces cognitive anxiety and exercise reduces somatic anxiety.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the distinctiveness of cognitive and somatic anxiety components.
  • To evaluate three anxiety questionnaires: Cognitive-Somatic Anxiety Questionnaire (CSAQ), Worry-Emotionality Scale (WES), and Lehrer-Woolfolk Anxiety Symptom Questionnaire (LWASQ).
  • To examine the relationship between meditation, exercise, and anxiety components.

Main Methods:

  • 340 adults (athletes, exercisers, meditators, sedentary controls) completed the CSAQ, WES, and LWASQ.
  • Factor analysis was used to analyze the structure of the CSAQ and WES.

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Main Results:

  • Factor analysis confirmed distinct cognitive and somatic anxiety factors for CSAQ and WES.
  • CSAQ and WES showed higher somatic than cognitive anxiety ratings.
  • LWASQ displayed the opposite pattern, with higher cognitive than somatic anxiety ratings.
  • The study did not find evidence that meditation reduces cognitive anxiety or exercise reduces somatic anxiety.

Conclusions:

  • The CSAQ is tentatively recommended as a valid measure for cognitive and somatic anxiety.
  • The hypothesized links between meditation/exercise and specific anxiety components were not supported by this study.