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The Cognitive Avoidance Theory of Worry
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This chapter contains section titled: The Primary Avoidant Function of Worry The Nature of Worry Secondary Avoidant Functions of Worry Origins of Pathological Worry and GAD Core Fears in GAD? Epilogue Acknowledgement References
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Metadata
- Authors
- Sibrava, N. J., & Borkovec, T. D.
- Affiliations
- Pennsylvania State University (US)
- ORCID
- Sibrava, Nicholas J.
- Venue
- Worry and its Psychological Disorders
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2006-01
- Pages
- 239-256
- OpenAlex
- W1502275563
- Cited by
- 149
- References
- 76
- Citations by year
- 2026: 6 · 2025: 10 · 2024: 15 · 2023: 16 · 2022: 12 · 2021: 15 · 2020: 6 · 2019: 5 · 2018: 11 · 2017: 3 · 2016: 4 · 2015: 5 · 2014: 9 · 2013: 3 · 2012: 10
- Type
- other
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Funders
- National Institutes of Health
- National Institute of Mental Health
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Perfectionism, Procrastination, Anxiety Studies
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders
- Keywords
- worry, generalized anxiety disorder, avoidance, pathological worry, anxiety
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