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ArticleJournal of anxiety disorders2023

Contrast avoidance predicts and mediates the effect of trait worry on problem-solving impairment.

Sandra J Llera, Michelle G Newman

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Article in Journal of anxiety disorders, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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2 authors.

Sandra J LleraTowson University, Department of Psychology, 8000 York Rd., Towson, MD 21252, USA. Electronic address: sllera@towson.edu.
Michelle G NewmanPenn State University, Department of Psychology, 371 Moore Building, University Park, PA 16802, USA. Electronic address: mgn1@psu.edu.

Funding

Harnessing Mobile Technology to Reduce Mental Health Disorders in College PopulationsR01MH115128 · NIMH · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI EISENBERG, DANIEL, NEWMAN, MICHELLE G · 2018 to 2022
$4.1M
NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH115128
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This study examined the relationship between the Contrast Avoidance Model (CAM; Newman & Llera, 2011) and impairment in the problem-solving process using an in-vivo laboratory-based problem-solving task. We also explored whether general emotional CA tendencies explained the relationship between trait worry and problem-solving outcomes. In this study, 185 participants (42 of whom met diagnostic criteria for generalized anxiety disorder) engaged in a problem-solving task, and reported outcomes related to ability to generate solutions, confidence in solutions, intention to implement solutions, and state anxiety levels. According to results, higher general emotional CA tendencies predicted significantly more difficulties on most problem-solving outcomes. Further, CA tendencies mediated between trait worry and some, but not all, problem solving outcomes. Overall, CA appears to be linked to problem-solving deficits, and may help to explain some of the association between trait worry and negative problem-solving outcomes.

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AnxietyEmotionsAnxiety DisordersHumansProblem SolvingSurveys and QuestionnairesContrast avoidanceGeneralized anxiety disorderProblem solvingTrait worry

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PMID36681059
PMCPMC9987319

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