A catastrophizing assessment of worrisome thoughts
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While catastrophizing progresses, worriers report a larger rise in discomfort than nonworriers.
“Worriers generate significantly more catastrophizing steps than do nonworriers during worry, and as catastrophizing unfolds they demonstrate a significant increase in subjective discomfort compared to nonworriers (Davey & Levy, 1998; Vasey & Borkovec, 1992).”
From A novel theory of experiential avoidance in generalized anxiety disorder: A review and synthesis of research supporting a contrast avoidance model of worry (2011) · cites this paper as Vasey & Borkovec, 1992
During worry, worriers produce more catastrophizing steps than nonworriers.
“Worriers generate significantly more catastrophizing steps than do nonworriers during worry, and as catastrophizing unfolds they demonstrate a significant increase in subjective discomfort compared to nonworriers (Davey & Levy, 1998; Vasey & Borkovec, 1992).”
From A novel theory of experiential avoidance in generalized anxiety disorder: A review and synthesis of research supporting a contrast avoidance model of worry (2011) · cites this paper as Vasey & Borkovec, 1992
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“…high-worriers showed poorer general attentional control (Derryberry & Reed, 2002), more negative thoughts during worry (Mathews & Milroy, 1994), more negative appraisals about worry topics (Vasey & Borkovec, 1992), and more anxious state mood compared to low-worriers (Borkovec et al.,1983).”
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“All six studies used variations of the catastrophizing interview (Vasey & Borkovec, 1992).”
MethodResultCatastrophic worrying as a function of changes in problem-solving confidence
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“All subjects were then asked to give details of one of their current worries, and this was then the object of a catastrophizing interview technique ( Vasey & Borkovec, 1992 ) which gives an objective measure of the depth of worrying and the amount of time an individual is willing to spend ruminating over a worry.”
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A Cognitive-Behavioral Treatment Targeting Intolerance of Uncertainty
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“Unassertive individuals might avoid assertive behavior and thus never receive clear evidence about the consequences that follow, being left instead to “catastrophize” what would have happened had they pushed harder (e.g., Vasey & Borkovec, 1992).”
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“The affective measures were: the Penn State Worry Questionnaire (Meyer et al. 1990); Catastrophizing Interview (Vasey & Borkovec, 1992); Interpersonal Sensitivity Measure (Boyce & Parker, 1989); Brief Core Schema Scales – other scales (Fowler et al. 2006); and the Depression Anxiety Stress Scales…”
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“The main findings were that sleepdeprivation reduced positive affect and increased anxiety during a “catastrophizing task,” in which an interviewer repeatedly asked questions about each participant’s most threatening worry (for details, see Vasey and Borkovec, 1992).”
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“In the second stage, participants took their two main worries identified from the WDQ and completed the catastrophising procedure for each (Vasey and Borkovec, 1992).”
BackgroundAn experimental analogue study into the role of abstract thinking in trauma-related rumination
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Molina, S., Borkovec, T. D., Peasley, C., & Person, D. C. (1998) · Cognitive Therapy and Research · doi:10.1023/a:1018772104808 · Cited by 68 · see citing works
Self-citationUnderstanding catastrophic worry in eating disorders: Process and content characteristics
Sternheim, L. C., Startup, H. M., Saeidi, S., Morgan, J. F., Hugo, P., Russell, A., & Schmidt, U. H. (2012) · Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry · doi:10.1016/j.jbtep.2012.05.006 · Cited by 65 · see citing works
What Ensues From Emotional Distress? Implications for Competence Estimation
Pomerantz, E. M., & Rudolph, K. D. (2003) · Child Development · doi:10.1111/1467-8624.7402001 · Cited by 65 · see citing works
“Similar results have been found for anxiety, as well as worrying, which is a major component of anxiety (Davey & Levy, 1998; Nolen-Hoeksema, 2000; Vasey & Borkovec, 1992).”
Lee, L. O., & Knight, B. G. (2009) · Psychology and Aging · doi:10.1037/a0016409 · Cited by 63 · see citing works
“Their attentional dwelling on negative words resembles worrying, a cognitive strategy used by anxious individuals to cope with the physiological and emotional arousal caused by negative stimuli (Vasey & Borkovec, 1992).”
BackgroundWorry and eating disorders: A psychopathological association
Sassaroli, S., Bertelli, S., Decoppi, M., Crosina, M., Milos, G. F., & Ruggiero, G. M. (2005) · Eating Behaviors · doi:10.1016/j.eatbeh.2005.05.001 · Cited by 64 · see citing works
Langlois, F., Freeston, M. H., & Ladouceur, R. (2000) · Behaviour Research and Therapy · doi:10.1016/s0005-7967(99)00028-5 · Cited by 64 · see citing works
Suárez, L., & Bell-Dolan, D. J. (2001) · Behavior Therapy · doi:10.1016/s0005-7894(01)80029-0 · Cited by 62 · see citing works
Watkins, E. R., & Mason, A. (2002) · Personality and Individual Differences · doi:10.1016/s0191-8869(01)00058-7 · Cited by 61 · see citing works
Inflated responsibility and the use of stop rules for catastrophic worrying
Startup, H. M., & Davey, G. C. L. (2003) · Behaviour Research and Therapy · doi:10.1016/s0005-7967(02)00245-0 · Cited by 60 · see citing works
“Rather than bringing the problem to a satisfactory close, however, this process usually leads the worrier to perceive progressively worse and worse outcomes to the worry topic (Vasey & Borkovec, 1992; Davey & Levy, 1998).”
BackgroundInfluentialNeural correlates of emotion acceptance<i>vs</i>worry or suppression in generalized anxiety disorder
Ellard, K. K., Barlow, D. H., Whitfield-Gabrieli, S., Gabrieli, J. D. E., & Deckersbach, T. (2017) · Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience · doi:10.1093/scan/nsx025 · Cited by 59 · see citing works
“Worry statements used during the scanning session were generated from participant interviews conducted at the time of consent using the Catastrophic Interview Technique (Vasey and Borkovec, 1992).”
MethodThreat-induced changes in attention during tests of static and anticipatory postural control
Zaback, M., Carpenter, M. G., & Adkin, A. L. (2015) · Gait & Posture · doi:10.1016/j.gaitpost.2015.12.033 · Cited by 59 · see citing works
“Continuously dwelling on these stimuli may indirectly influence postural control, as these thoughts can propagate feelings of anxiety [21,22] and preempt attention resources needed to perform the postural task [18,20].”
BackgroundThe extent and nature of imagery during worry and positive thinking in generalized anxiety disorder.
Hirsch, C. R., Hayes, S., Mathews, A., Perman, G., & Borkovec, T. D. (2011) · Journal of Abnormal Psychology · doi:10.1037/a0024947 · Cited by 58 · see citing works
“They were then given an explanation of what was meant by an image versus a verbal thought: “Images are when you are generating a picture in your mind and really concentrating on what you can see, feel, smell, hear, and taste in the image.”
BackgroundSelf-citationMichael, S. T. (2000) · Elsevier eBooks · doi:10.1016/b978-012654050-5/50018-x · Cited by 57 · see citing works
Rumination as a Function of Goal Progress, Stop Rules, and Cerebral Lateralization
Martin, L. L., Shrira, I., & Startup, H. M. (2003) · doi:10.1002/9780470713853.ch8 · Cited by 57 · see citing works
Disclosure and worry: Opposite sides of the emotional processing coin.
Borkovec, T. D., Roemer, L., & Kinyon, J. (1995) · American Psychological Association eBooks · doi:10.1037/10182-003 · Cited by 56 · see citing works
Self-citationWhat's the Use of Worrying? Its Function and Its Dysfunction
Gladstone, G. L., & Parker, G. B. (2003) · Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry · doi:10.1046/j.1440-1614.2003.01187.x · Cited by 55 · see citing works
The use of “as many as can” versus “feel like continuing” stop rules during worrying
Davey, G. C. L., Startup, H. M., MacDonald, C. B., Jenkins, D., & Patterson, K. (2005) · Cognitive Therapy and Research · doi:10.1007/s10608-005-3162-5 · Cited by 54 · see citing works
“…mood (Davey et al., 1992; Metzger et al., 1990; Meyer et al., 1990), report higher levels of negative mood than nonworriers at the outset of a catastrophizing episode (Startup & Davey, 2001), and report increasing levels of negative mood as catastrophizing progresses (Vasey & Borkovec, 1992).”
BackgroundMethodResultInfluentialInvestigating the effect of intolerance of uncertainty on catastrophic worrying and mood
Meeten, F., Dash, S. R., Scarlet, A. L. S., & Davey, G. C. L. (2012) · Behaviour Research and Therapy · doi:10.1016/j.brat.2012.08.003 · Cited by 53 · see citing works
Interpretation Biases in Paranoia
Savulich, G., Freeman, D., Shergill, S., & Yiend, J. (2015) · Behavior Therapy · doi:10.1016/j.beth.2014.08.002 · Cited by 53 · see citing works
Mood-as-input hypothesis and perseverative psychopathologies
Meeten, F., & Davey, G. C. L. (2011) · Clinical Psychology Review · doi:10.1016/j.cpr.2011.08.002 · Cited by 52 · see citing works
A Mood‐as‐Input Account of Perseverative Worrying
Davey, G. C. L. (2006) · Wiley eBooks · doi:10.1002/9780470713143.ch13 · Cited by 51 · see citing works
Health, Fear of Crime and Psychosocial Functioning in Older People
McKee, K., & Milner, C. (2000) · Journal of Health Psychology · doi:10.1177/135910530000500406 · Cited by 46 · see citing works
Worry as an adaptive avoidance strategy in healthy controls but not in pathological worriers
Ottaviani, C., Borlimi, R., Brighetti, G., Caselli, G., Favaretto, E., Giardini, I., Marzocchi, C., Nucifora, V., Rebecchi, D., Ruggiero, G. M., et al. (2014) · International Journal of Psychophysiology · doi:10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2014.05.010 · Cited by 45 · see citing works
“Worriers have much richer predictive networks of negative and even catastrophic events than nonworriers and nonanxious people (Vasey and Borkovec, 1992).”
BackgroundGouin, J., Deschênes, S. S., & Dugas, M. J. (2014) · Stress · doi:10.3109/10253890.2014.949666 · Cited by 45 · see citing works
Worry processes in patients with persecutory delusions.
Startup, H., Pugh, K., Dunn, G., Cordwell, J., Mander, H., Černis, E., Wingham, G., Shirvell, K., Kingdon, D., & Freeman, D. (2016) · British Journal of Clinical Psychology · doi:10.1111/bjc.12109 · Cited by 42 · see citing works
Davey, G. C. L., Eldridge, F., Drost, J., & MacDonald, B. A. (2006) · Behaviour Research and Therapy · doi:10.1016/j.brat.2006.08.024 · Cited by 45 · see citing works
“discomfort as their catastrophising progresses ( Vasey & Borkovec, 1992 ), and this would”
BackgroundMethodResultInfluentialThe perseveration of checking thoughts and mood–as–input hypothesis
Davey, G. C. L., Startup, H. M., Zara, A., MacDonald, C. B., & Field, A. P. (2003) · Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry · doi:10.1016/s0005-7916(03)00035-1 · Cited by 44 · see citing works
“…the mood-as-input hypothesis to the explanation of why pathological worriers generate longer worry bouts (Craske, Rapee, Jackel & Barlow, 1989; Borkovec, Shadick & Hopkins, 1991) and persist for longer when catastrophising their worries (Vasey & Borkovec, 1992; Davey & Levy, 1998) than nonworriers.”
BackgroundWorry facilitates corticospinal motor response to transcranial magnetic stimulation
Oathes, D. J., Bruce, J. M., & Nitschke, J. B. (2007) · Depression and Anxiety · doi:10.1002/da.20445 · Cited by 43 · see citing works
Issues in the conceptualization and measurement of anxiety sensitivity
Taylor, S. J. (1995) · Journal of Anxiety Disorders · doi:10.1016/0887-6185(94)00037-9 · Cited by 42 · see citing works
Cervone, D., & Scott, W. D. (1995) · American Psychological Association eBooks · doi:10.1037/10169-013 · Cited by 42 · see citing works
Perceived consequences underlying approach goals and avoidance goals in relation to anxiety
Dickson, J. M. (2006) · Personality and Individual Differences · doi:10.1016/j.paid.2006.06.005 · Cited by 40 · see citing works
Detached mindfulness and worry: a meta-cognitive analysis
Sugiura, Y. (2004) · Personality and Individual Differences · doi:10.1016/j.paid.2003.08.009 · Cited by 46 · see citing works
Provencher, M., Dugas, M. J., & Ladouceur, R. (2004) · Cognitive and Behavioral Practice · doi:10.1016/s1077-7229(04)80057-9 · Cited by 35 · see citing works
Developmentally sensitive assessment of social anxiety
Morris, T. L., Hirshfeld‐Becker, D. R., Henin, A., & Storch, E. A. (2004) · Cognitive and Behavioral Practice · doi:10.1016/s1077-7229(04)80004-x · Cited by 39 · see citing works
The mediating effect of cognitive development on children's worry elaboration
Grist, R. M., & Field, A. P. (2011) · Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry · doi:10.1016/j.jbtep.2011.11.002 · Cited by 38 · see citing works
“All rights reserved. doi:10.1016/j.jbtep.2011.11.002 (Vasey & Borkovec, 1992).”
Influential
- Authors
- Vasey, M. W., & Borkovec, T. D.
- Affiliations
- The Ohio State University (US)
- Pennsylvania State University (US)
- ORCID
- Vasey, Michael W.
- Venue
- Cognitive Therapy and Research
- Published
- 1992-10
- Volume
- 16
- Issue
- 5
- Pages
- 505-520
- ISSN
- 0147-5916 (ISSN-L)
- 1573-2819
- OpenAlex
- W1965811127
- Cited by
- 225
- References
- 35
- Citations by year
- 2026: 3 · 2025: 5 · 2024: 4 · 2023: 4 · 2022: 5 · 2021: 16 · 2020: 7 · 2019: 4 · 2018: 5 · 2017: 5 · 2016: 8 · 2015: 11 · 2014: 10 · 2013: 13 · 2012: 6
- FWCI
- 4.38
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Licence
- www.springer.com/tdm (tdm)
- Locations
- Cognitive Therapy and Research (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Psychological Treatments and Assessments
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Identity, Memory, and Therapy
- Keywords
- catastrophic thinking, chronic worry, what-if questions, subjective discomfort, anxiety, cognitive therapy
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