Anxiety 101
by Zeidner, MosheEdition: 1st
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2010-10-01
Publisher(s): SPRINGER PUB CO INC
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Summary
What are the origins of anxiety?
Table of Contents
| Preface | p. xiii |
| Introduction | p. 1 |
| What Is This Thing Called Anxiety? | p. 4 |
| Anxiety, Versus Fear | p. 5 |
| Trait Versus State Anxiety | p. 8 |
| Facets of State Anxiety | p. 9 |
| Normal Versus Clinical Anxiety | p. 10 |
| General Versus Contextualized Anxiety | p. 11 |
| Anxiety: What Is it Good For? | p. 12 |
| Facets of Anxiety: Unpacking the Anxiety Response | p. 15 |
| The Cognitive Facet | p. 15 |
| The Affective/Somatic Facet | p. 17 |
| The Behavioral Facet | p. 18 |
| Major Forms of Anxiety in Modern Society | p. 20 |
| Test Anxiety | p. 20 |
| Math Anxiety | p. 23 |
| Computer Anxiety | p. 26 |
| Sports Anxiety | p. 29 |
| Social Anxiety | p. 32 |
| Terror-Related Anxiety and Trauma | p. 36 |
| Summary: Key Issues in Anxiety Research | p. 39 |
| How Do We Best Assess Anxiety | p. 43 |
| Subjective Scales for Measuring Anxiety | p. 49 |
| General Subjective Measures | p. 50 |
| Anxiety in Context | p. 56 |
| Physiological Measures of Anxiety | p. 60 |
| Questionable Construct Validity | p. 61 |
| Low Convergence of Physiological Measures | p. 62 |
| Poor Reliability | p. 63 |
| Response Specificity | p. 64 |
| Behavioral Measures of Anxiety | p. 67 |
| Implicit Anxiety Measures | p. 69 |
| Performance Measures | p. 70 |
| Gender and Age Differences | p. 71 |
| Gender Differences | p. 72 |
| Age Differences | p. 75 |
| Summary and Conclusions | p. 77 |
| Theories and Perspectives on Anxiety | p. 79 |
| Of Historical Interest | p. 80 |
| The Psychoanalytical Model | p. 80 |
| Learning Models of Anxiety | p. 86 |
| Drive Theory | p. 89 |
| Biological Perspectives | p. 92 |
| Evolutionary Perspectives | p. 92 |
| Functional Neurobiological Perspectives | p. 94 |
| Cognitive Models | p. 104 |
| Appraisal Theories | p. 104 |
| State-Trait Interactional and Transactional Models of Anxiety | p. 106 |
| Self-Control (Regulation) Model of Anxiety | p. 108 |
| Summary and Conclusions | p. 112 |
| What are the Origins of Anxiety | p. 115 |
| Some Basic Issues | p. 117 |
| Temperament in Children | p. 118 |
| Longitudinal Studies | p. 119 |
| Generational Effects | p. 122 |
| Heredity and Environment | p. 123 |
| A Family Affair: Behavior Genetic Studies | p. 124 |
| Molecular Genetics: DNA for Anxiety | p. 126 |
| Environmental Influences | p. 127 |
| Anxiety, As a Product of Genes and Environment | p. 128 |
| Family Environment: How to Raise An Anxious Child | p. 130 |
| Prenatal Maternal Environment | p. 130 |
| Attachment Processes | p. 131 |
| Child-Rearing Practices | p. 134 |
| Anxiety in Context: The School Environment | p. 139 |
| Competitive Climate | p. 142 |
| Evaluative Orientation and Practice | p. 143 |
| Social Comparison | p. 143 |
| History of Failure Experiences | p. 146 |
| In Sum | p. 147 |
| How Does Anxiety Affect Cognitive Outcomes? | p. 151 |
| Anxiety and Cognitive Performance | p. 154 |
| Mediating Versus Moderating Factors | p. 159 |
| Theoretical Perspectives | p. 161 |
| Information-Processing Models | p. 161 |
| Attentional Control Theory | p. 167 |
| Self-Regulative Theory of Anxiety | p. 169 |
| Summary and Conclusions | p. 174 |
| Does Intervention Help? | p. 177 |
| Normative Versus Pathological Anxiety | p. 178 |
| Theoretical Conceptions of Pathological Anxiety | p. 185 |
| Dynamics of Cognitive Vulnerability | p. 188 |
| Coping With Anxiety | p. 190 |
| Effectiveness of Coping Strategies | p. 194 |
| Stress Management and the Training of Coping Skills | p. 197 |
| Clinical Interventions | p. 199 |
| Emotion-Focused Interventions | p. 199 |
| Cognitively Oriented Interventions | p. 203 |
| Metacognitive Interventions | p. 205 |
| Pharmacotherapy | p. 206 |
| Clinical Considerations | p. 211 |
| Summary and Conclusions | p. 215 |
| Looking Ahead to a Cognitive Science of Anxiety | p. 217 |
| Cognitive Models of Anxiety As Standard Theory | p. 218 |
| Origins of Anxiety | p. 219 |
| Consequences of Anxiety | p. 221 |
| Interventions | p. 222 |
| Toward a Cognitive Science of Anxiety | p. 224 |
| Cognitive Neuroscience | p. 226 |
| Anxiety and Self-Knowledge | p. 229 |
| Challenges to Cognitive Theory | p. 231 |
| Challenges in Measurement: What Are Questionnaires Missing? | p. 232 |
| The Challenge From Embodiment: Is Anxiety a Somatic State? | p. 233 |
| The Challenge From Animal Models: Is Human Anxiety Nothing Special? | p. 235 |
| The Challenge From Social Psychology: Is Anxiety Personalized? | p. 236 |
| Conclusions | p. 238 |
| References | p. 241 |
| Index | p. 275 |
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