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Area of Science:

  • Psychology
  • Clinical Psychology
  • Anxiety Disorders

Background:

  • Interpersonal dysfunction is a key factor in maintaining chronic worry and generalized anxiety disorder (GAD).
  • Problem-solving styles and perceptions can be unhelpful, contributing to both worry and interpersonal difficulties.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To examine the link between interpersonal dysfunction and problem-solving in individuals with high chronic worry.
  • To investigate how negative problem-solving beliefs and approaches mediate the relationship between interpersonal dysfunction and GAD symptom severity.

Main Methods:

  • Fifty-nine community participants completed questionnaires.
  • An interpersonal problem-solving task was administered to assess solution effectiveness.

Main Results:

  • Higher interpersonal dysfunction correlated with negative problem-solving orientation and avoidant/impulsive styles.
  • Interpersonal dysfunction was linked to poorer solution effectiveness in romantic conflict scenarios.
  • Negative problem-solving orientation fully mediated the association between interpersonal dysfunction and GAD symptoms.

Conclusions:

  • Problem-solving deficits are implicated in interpersonal dysfunction.
  • Negative beliefs about problem-solving explain the connection between interpersonal dysfunction and GAD symptoms.
  • Findings suggest targeting problem-solving beliefs in GAD treatment.