The Cognitive Avoidance Theory of Worry

Sibrava, Nicholas J.; Borkovec, T. D.

doi:10.1002/9780470713143.ch14

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“…Furthermore, worry has been found to involve less imagerybased thought (e.g., Borkovec & Inz, 1990;Freeston, Dugas, & Ladouceur, 1996). The low degree of imagery is thought to prohibit the emotional reactivation and processing of the event leading to longer term emotional problems (Sibrava & Borkovec, 2006). This is consistent with the finding that high imagery is connected with increased emotional responses (e.g., Holmes & Mathews, 2005;Vrana, Cuthbert & Lang, 1986).…”

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“…/19012276.2013 term problems and increased negative emotions (e.g. Campbell-Sills & Barlow, 2007;Debeer, Raes, Williams, & Hermans, 2011;Kuyken & Moulds, 2009;Sibrava & Borkovec, 2006;. Before reviewing the studies in the area, we briefly describe theories and previous findings relevant to these predictions.…”

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“…As mentioned earlier, it has been suggested that maladaptive RT may occur in an abstract format reducing sensory (p)reliving and emotional reactivation. This may hinder adaptive emotional processing of negative events (Sibrava & Borkovec, 2006). The reduced concreteness theory of worry holds that the abstract nature of worry produces less vivid and less frequent imagery (Stöber, 1998), and research conducted within the framework of dual-coding theory (Paivio, 1986) has demonstrated that the concreteness of words and sentences affects the speed, ease and vividness of associated imagery (Marschark & Cornoldi, 1991;Paivio & Marschark, 1991).…”

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“…Hepworth et al (2011) proposed that worry and rumination exert a negative impact on delusions through a detrimental impact on emotional processing. This pathway of effect through avoidance of emotional processing has been established in the context of depression and anxiety disorders (Sibrava & Borkovec, 2006;Watkins, 2004).…”

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Cognitive factors maintaining persecutory delusions in psychosis: The contribution of depression.

Vorontsova¹,

Garety²,

Freeman³

2013

Journal of Abnormal Psychology

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Depression is common in people with schizophrenia, but how it might directly contribute to the persistence of psychotic symptoms has rarely been tested. The key aim of the present study was to test whether depression and associated cognitive processes predict the maintenance of persecutory delusions. Three groups of participants were tested at baseline: 60 patients with persecutory delusions in the context of a schizophrenia spectrum diagnosis, 30 patients with depression, and 30 nonclinical controls. They completed interviewer and self-report assessments of depression and paranoia, and measures of six cognitive factors (schematic beliefs, experiential avoidance, autobiographical memory, problem solving, rumination, worry style). The patients with persecutory delusions were then assessed again, six months later. It was found that 50% of the patients with persecutory delusions met diagnostic criteria for major depression. Cognitive processes found to be associated with depression across the groups were negative schematic beliefs about the self, experiential avoidance and rumination, but not autobiographical memory or problem solving. The severity of initial depression in patients with persecutory delusions predicted the persistence of paranoia over six months. A number of cognitive factors also predicted the persistence of persecutory delusions, including negative schematic beliefs about the self, worry, and problem-solving difficulties. In conclusion, depression is common in patients with current persecutory delusions, and it shows similar cognitive features to major depressive disorder. The results of this study indicate that depression and related processes may contribute to the maintenance of paranoia. Trials are warranted of depression-related therapeutic techniques for people with persecutory delusions.

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“…The content of worry is typically related to future events that include the possibility of adverse outcomes (Sibrava & Borkovec, 2006).…”

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The Mediating Role of Pathological Worry in Associations Between Dissociative Experiences and Sleep Quality Among Health Staff

Yıldırım¹,

Boysan²,

Yılmaz³

2018

Sleep Hypn

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There has been a growing interest in determining the antecedents of the significant associations between dissociative symptomatology and sleep. The aim of this study was to investigate the mediation effect of a tendency to elicit uncontrollable and excessive worry on the relationship between dissociation and poor sleep quality among non-shift working health staff. Eighty-five participants with a mean age of 31.19 ±7.14 (ranging from 18 to 54) involved within the study. The Penn State Worry Questionnaire (PSWQ), Dissociative Experiences Scale (DES), Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) and a demographic questionnaire were administered. Mediation regression models were utilized to evaluate direct and indirect associations between worry, dissociation and sleep quality after controlling for age, gender, marital status, education, prior psychiatric disorders, familial loading and time spent watching TV series in a week. Regression models indicated that direct dose-response relationship between dissociative symptomatology and sleep quality was not statistically significant. However, indirect effects of dissociative symptoms though pathological worry were substantial. More specifically, we found that the DES total, absorption/ imaginative involvement and dissociative amnesia had significant indirect effects on poor sleep quality via excessive worry as measured by the PSWQ. We concluded that dissociative symptoms are indirectly associated with sleep through negative repetitive thoughts such as pathological worry. Therefore, new generation therapeutic approaches particularly mindfulness therapy should be considered in the first-line treatments of sleep disturbance.

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The Cognitive Avoidance Theory of Worry

Cited by 116 publications

References 62 publications

Review: Does maladaptive repetitive thinking affect characteristics of mental time travel?

Review: Does maladaptive repetitive thinking affect characteristics of mental time travel?

Cognitive factors maintaining persecutory delusions in psychosis: The contribution of depression.

The Mediating Role of Pathological Worry in Associations Between Dissociative Experiences and Sleep Quality Among Health Staff

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