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Anxiety, aging and the third emergency reaction.

L F Jarvik, D Russell

    Journal of Gerontology
    |March 1, 1979
    PubMed
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    Older adults rarely experience severe anxiety due to successful stress-coping strategies, including a "freeze" response. This passive reaction is proposed as a third emergency response beyond fight or flight.

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    Area of Science:

    • Gerontology
    • Psychology
    • Neuroscience

    Background:

    • Severe anxiety is unexpectedly uncommon in the elderly despite numerous life stressors.
    • Stress mastery failure typically correlates with increased anxiety levels.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To explain the low prevalence of severe anxiety in the aged population.
    • To propose a novel stress-coping mechanism contributing to this phenomenon.

    Main Methods:

    • Theoretical analysis of stress, anxiety, and aging.
    • Proposal of the "freeze" response as a third emergency reaction.

    Main Results:

    • Individuals surviving into old age appear to possess effective stress-coping strategies.
    • A passive stress-response strategy, termed "freeze," is hypothesized as a key coping mechanism.

    Conclusions:

    • The "freeze" response, a passive emergency reaction, may explain the low incidence of severe anxiety in older adults.
    • This "freeze" reaction is posited as an addition to the established "fight-flight" emergency response model.

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