Don't Worry, Be Happy

Watkins, Philip C.; Pereira, Andrew Joseph

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“…The importance of worry for PWB - as evidenced in the present study - is consistent with previous research showing that remitted individuals with anxiety disorders displayed less PWB compared with healthy controls [46]. A different interpretation is that individuals with GAD cannot accept their positive emotional responses, thus diminishing their ability to enjoy and to experience well-being [47]. Brooding was no longer associated with PWB when controlling for other variables.…”

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“…An interpretation of this result is that individuals with GAD, which use pathological worry in an attempt to solve upcoming threats, seem to fail to effectively cope with the threat. This, in turn, leads to unwanted consequences (i.e., anxiety increase) that drive these individuals to continue to use worry as a process of cognitive avoidance, thus reinforcing the vicious cycle [47]. Nevertheless, individuals with anxiety tend to show excessive negative affect, typically in the form of fear, in response to negative events.…”

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Psychological well-being and distress in patients with generalized anxiety disorder: The roles of positive and negative functioning

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BackgroundWhether mindfulness and emotional intelligence may counteract psychological symptoms and whether brooding and worry may be linked to decreased psychological well-being (PWB) in individuals with generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) is still an issue.MethodsThe study used a cross-sectional design on a sample of 66 consecutive individuals with a diagnosis of GAD. Two hierarchical multiple regressions were conducted to determine whether PWB and anxiety symptoms were accounted for by mindfulness and emotional intelligence skills, brooding, and worry.ResultsWorry was negatively related to PWB and showed a tendency to be positively associated with anxiety symptoms after controlling for the other variables. Brooding was uniquely and positively related to anxiety symptoms. Different mindfulness (i.e., describing and nonjudging) and emotional intelligence (i.e., attention and repair) skills were particularly important for PWB. Repair was also negatively related to anxiety symptoms.ConclusionsRepair was the variable that played a key role in the association with both PWB and GAD symptoms. Worry was the second most important variable, although it approached significance in the relationship with anxiety symptoms. Brooding was more strongly positively associated with anxiety than worry. In sum, the results suggest that an integrated and balanced focus on both positive and negative functioning will be useful in future clinical psychology research to predict, understand, and treat anxiety as well as to examine the antecedents and characteristics of positivity in individuals with GAD and promote their PWB.

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Psychological well-being and distress in patients with generalized anxiety disorder: The roles of positive and negative functioning

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Positive variables in adult patients who are at different stages of a naturalistic psychotherapeutic treatment

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2018

Eur. J. Psychol.

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This study aimed twofold: 1) to study some positive variables (three paths to well-being, life satisfaction, overall well-being and meaning of life) in adult patients who are at different stages of a naturalistic cognitive behavioral psychotherapeutic treatment and 2) to analyze their relationship with the progress during treatment, therapeutic alliance and adherence to treatment from the therapist´s perspective. The sample was composed of 85 outpatients who were in psychotherapeutic treatment. Patients completed the Three Pathways to Well-being Scale, Meaning in Life Questionnaire, Satisfaction with Life Scale, Well-being Index and Symptom Checklist-90-Revised. Therapists completed treatment related data and an opinion survey of patient´s progress, adherence to treatment and therapeutic relationship. Findings showed positive variables to be higher at the final stage of psychotherapy, particularly higher satisfaction with life, engagement, well-being, and presence of meaning in life. Higher positive variables were moderately associated with more progress during treatment according to therapist’s perspective; however a low association was found with adherence to treatment and therapeutic relationship. No differences were found in positive variables according the type of prevalent symptoms.

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Don't Worry, Be Happy

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Psychological well-being and distress in patients with generalized anxiety disorder: The roles of positive and negative functioning

Psychological well-being and distress in patients with generalized anxiety disorder: The roles of positive and negative functioning

Positive variables in adult patients who are at different stages of a naturalistic psychotherapeutic treatment

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