A comparison of emotional approach coping (EAC) between individuals with anxiety disorders and nonanxious controls
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Emotional regulation deficits are described as a core component of anxiety disorders (ADs), yet there remains a paucity of data examining this issue in patients diagnosed with ADs. We hypothesized that help‐seeking individuals with ADs would report lower levels of emotional approach coping (EAC), which includes emotional processing (EP) and emotional expression (EE), than nonanxious controls. Diagnostic interviews and a validated self‐report scale assessing emotional approaches to coping (emotional approach coping scale [EACS]) were administered to 101 nonanxious controls and 92 patients with a primary AD (29 generalized anxiety disorder, 40 social anxiety disorder, and 23 panic disorder). Patients with each AD demonstrated significantly lower EAC, including both EP and EE, than nonanxious controls. Lower EAC was also associated with higher anxiety sensitivity and higher anxiety symptom severity. Overall, gender did not moderate the anxiety–EAC effect, but the results suggested that women utilize EAC to a greater degree than men. Clinical techniques designed to improve emotional coping may be beneficial to individuals with ADs.
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People with PD, GAD, and SAD have lower overall coping scores than controls.
“all the anxious patients (PD, GAD, and SAD) had lower overall coping scores than the control group.”
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A low EACS score was associated with higher anxiety sensitivity (F = 5.43, P = 0.0013).
“A low EACS score was also associated with higher anxiety sensitivity (F = 5.43, P = 0.0013)”
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- Authors
- Marques, L., Kaufman, R. E., LeBeau, R. T., Moshier, S. J., Otto, M. W., Pollack, M. H., & Simon, N. M.
- Affiliations
- Harvard University (US)
- Boston University (US)
- Corresponding author
- Marques, Luana
- ORCID
- Venue
- CNS Neuroscience & Therapeutics
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2009-05-06
- Volume
- 15
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 100-106
- ISSN
- 1755-5930 (ISSN-L)
- 1755-5949
- PMC
- PMC6494016
- OpenAlex
- W2031970681
- Cited by
- 14
- References
- 35
- Citations by year
- 2024: 1 · 2023: 1 · 2018: 2 · 2017: 1 · 2016: 1 · 2015: 1 · 2014: 3 · 2012: 3
- FWCI
- 1.69
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Locations
- CNS Neuroscience & Therapeutics (publishedVersion)
- Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- Highland Street Foundation
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Personality Disorders and Psychopathology
- Keywords
- emotional approach coping, anxiety disorders, emotional processing, emotional expression, generalized anxiety disorder, social anxiety disorder, panic disorder, anxiety sensitivity, anxiety symptom severity, gender differences, help-seeking
- MeSH terms
- Adaptation, Psychological, Adult, Anxiety, Anxiety Disorders, Cross-Sectional Studies, Emotions, Female, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Surveys and Questionnaires, Young Adult
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