暂时的经验回避和焦虑症状之间的关系
Kimberly S Sain1, Kayla A Lord1,2, Kelly A Knowles1
1Anxiety Disorders Center, The Institute of Living, Hartford, CT, USA.
Anxiety, stress, and coping
|August 6, 2024
概括
经验性回避 (EA) 预测焦虑障碍患者的压力增加. 这项研究发现EA是一种应对机制,随着时间的推移导致更高的压力水平.
科学领域:
- 心理学 心理学 心理学
- 临床心理学 临床心理学
- 心理病理学 心理病理学
背景情况:
- 经验性回避 (EA) 是焦虑相关疾病的潜在风险因素.
- 焦虑既可以触发EA行为,也可以导致EA行为.
- 之前使用生态瞬间评估 (EMA) 的研究将EA与不同人群中的焦虑增加联系起来.
研究的目的:
- 为了研究EA,感知压力和焦虑症状之间的即时,双向关系.
- 在临床样本中检查与焦虑相关疾病患者的这些关系.
主要方法:
- 46名正在寻求治疗的患有焦虑相关疾病的患者参与了调查.
- 参与者接受了基线评估和7天的EMA期间,每天进行三次评估.
- 该研究研究了EA,感知压力和焦虑 (自主兴奋,担心/痛苦) 之间的双向联系.
主要成果:
- 结果表明一种单向的关系:在某个时间点上更高的EA预测了在以后的时间点上增加的压力.
- 在对先前应力和线性时间进行控制后,这种关联仍然显著.
- 在EA和焦虑症状之间也观察到趋势级的关联.
结论:
- 这项研究为临床焦虑障碍样本中EA-焦虑症状关系提供了有价值的见解.
- 调查结果强调了EA在加剧该人口中的压力方面的预测作用.
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