Level of emotional awareness as a differentiating variable between individuals with and without generalized anxiety disorder

Tratamento de fobia social em adultos: considerações a respeito da inserção da família em programas psicoeducacionais

“…(2)(3)(4) No entanto, para alguns indivíduos, o medo e a ansiedade são sentimentos intensos e persistentes capazes de afetar suas vidas ao levá-los a evitar a situação temida e, portanto, influenciando e interferindo com a vida social e profissional do indivíduo. Na avaliação, esses indivíduos geralmente SMAD, Rev.…”

The Unique Human Capacity for Emotional Awareness: Psychological, Neuroanatomical, Comparative and Evolutionary Perspectives

“…The latter fi nding indicates that greater emotional awareness is associated with a greater awareness of the negative emotional responses that morbid obesity elicits from others. A related fi nding is that individuals with generalized anxiety disorder have higher LEAS scores than matched controls (Novick-Kline et al 2005 ) , indicating that emotional awareness can be a double-edged sword. In contrast, patients with depression were found to have decreased awareness of the emotions of others (Donges et al 2005 ;Berthoz et al 2000 ) , consistent with the pathological introspective focus that can occur with depression.…”

Levels of Emotional Awareness Scale scores as predictors of interactive behavior: A validation study.

“…Nevertheless, despite its highly reliable structural scoring criteria, its positive correlations with cognitive-developmental measures, its good construct and discriminant validity and its inter-rater reliability, there are some studies that do raise concerns regarding the validity of the LEAS (Novick-Kline et al, 2005). More precisely, there are concerns regarding whether the LEAS really evaluates skillful awareness of one's emotions.…”

“…As discussed previously, there is considerable uncertainty over whether or not the LEAS tool is simply a measure of verbal aptitude (Bydlowski et al, 2005;Lane, 2005;Novick-Kline et al, 2005). In other words, it has been suspected that the LEAS may only represent a person's ability to articulate their emotions on paper; an activity that does not necessarily translate into one's authentic emotional behavior (Novick-Kline et al, 2005). In the present study, higher scores on the LEAS were associated with higher scores on behavioral dimensions correlated with the LEAS in social interactive settings.…”

“…(Lane et al, 1990) In addition, the lack of association between the LEAS score and the number of words used in the LEAS answers indicates that intricacy is not equal to simple verbal output. For instance, a high level response on the LEAS need not be considerable in length as long as it describes an emotional reply with a wealth of complexity and understanding (Novick-Kline et al, 2005).…”