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Pain catastrophizing and worry about health in generalized anxiety disorder.
Dugas, Michel J; Giguère Marchal, Katia; Cormier, Stéphanie; Bouchard, Stéphane; Gouin, Jean-Philippe; Shafran, Roz.
Afiliação
  • Dugas MJ; Département de Psychoéducation et de Psychologie, Université du Québec en Outaouais, Gatineau, Quebec, Canada.
  • Giguère Marchal K; Département de Psychoéducation et de Psychologie, Université du Québec en Outaouais, Gatineau, Quebec, Canada.
  • Cormier S; Département de Psychoéducation et de Psychologie, Université du Québec en Outaouais, Gatineau, Quebec, Canada.
  • Bouchard S; Département de Psychoéducation et de Psychologie, Université du Québec en Outaouais, Gatineau, Quebec, Canada.
  • Gouin JP; Department of Psychology, Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
  • Shafran R; Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, University College London, London, UK.
Clin Psychol Psychother ; 30(4): 852-861, 2023.
Article em En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-36807639
ABSTRACT
Because the diagnostic criteria of generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) are not tied to specific worry domains (worry is 'generalized'), research on the content of worry in GAD is lacking. To our knowledge, no study has addressed vulnerability for specific worry topics in GAD. The goal of the current study, a secondary analysis of data from a clinical trial, is to explore the relationship between pain catastrophizing and worry about health in a sample of 60 adults with primary GAD. All data for this study were collected at pretest, prior to randomization to experimental condition in the larger trial. The hypotheses were that (1) pain catastrophizing would be positively related to the severity of GAD, (2) the relationship between pain catastrophizing and the severity of GAD would not be explained by intolerance of uncertainty and psychological rigidity, and (3) pain catastrophizing would be greater in participants reporting worry about health compared to those not reporting worry about health. All hypotheses were confirmed, suggesting that pain catastrophizing may be a threat-specific vulnerability for health-related worry in GAD. The implications of the current findings include a better understanding of the ideographic content of worry, which could help focus treatment interventions for individuals with GAD.
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Texto completo: 1 Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Ansiedade / Transtornos de Ansiedade Tipo de estudo: Clinical_trials Limite: Adult / Humans Idioma: En Ano de publicação: 2023 Tipo de documento: Article

Texto completo: 1 Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Ansiedade / Transtornos de Ansiedade Tipo de estudo: Clinical_trials Limite: Adult / Humans Idioma: En Ano de publicação: 2023 Tipo de documento: Article