Content of Worry in the Community: What Do People With Generalized Anxiety Disorder or Other Disorders Worry About?
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Worries in patient groups are more frequent and intense but not categorically distinguishable by theme or quality.
“Sorgen sind bei Patientengruppen zwar häufiger und intensiver, aber weder thematisch [Becker et al., 2003] noch qualitativ kategorial unterscheidbar.”
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The themes of worries are the same as in healthy people.
“Die Themen der Sorgen sind die gleichen wie bei Gesunden [Becker et al., 2003].”
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“The content of worry may vary across patients with GAD, but often involves everyday, routine life circumstances (job responsibilities, finances, being late), and health concerns for self or other family members (Becker et al. 2003).”
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“…to a chain of negative thoughts regarding an event whose outcome is uncertain but potentially adverse, and rumination referring to behaviours and thoughts that passively reflect on one's depressive symptoms (Becker et al., 2003; Borkovec et al., 1983; Hoyer & Gloster, 2009; Nolen-Hoeksema, 1991).”
- Authors
- Becker, E. S., Goodwin, R., Hölting, C., Hoyer, J., & Margraf, J.
- Affiliations
- Technische Universität Dresden (DE)
- Corresponding author
- Becker, Eni Sabine
- Hölting, Christoph
- Hoyer, Jürgen
- Venue
- Journal of Nervous & Mental Disease
- Published
- 2003-10
- Volume
- 191
- Issue
- 10
- Pages
- 688-691
- ISSN
- 0022-3018 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2045936487
- Cited by
- 31
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
- 2026: 1 · 2025: 1 · 2023: 1 · 2021: 1 · 2020: 2 · 2019: 1 · 2018: 1 · 2017: 2 · 2014: 2 · 2013: 2 · 2012: 2
- FWCI
- 1.44
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- hdl.handle.net
- Locations
- The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Radboud Repository (Radboud University) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Mental Health Treatment and Access
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Psychology and Mental Health
- Keywords
- worry, community mental health, anxiety, community psychiatry
- MeSH terms
- Adolescent, Adult, Anxiety Disorders, Female, Humans, Interview, Psychological, Prospective Studies, Residence Characteristics, Confidence Intervals, Odds Ratio
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