Top Research Papers on Anxiety

Eco-anxiety and climate anxiety are widely discussed in contemporary media and are subjects of growing research interest. However, there is a lack of research about the definitions and variations of these phenomena. This article analyzes various views of eco-anxiety from a wide range of disciplines. Insights from various anxiety theories are used to discuss empirical studies about forms of eco-anxiety. The article points out that uncertainty, unpredictability, and uncontrollability seem to be important factors in eco-anxiety. Most forms of eco-anxiety appear to be non-clinical, but cases of “p...

In primates, anxiety can be regulated by the prefrontal cortex (PFC), which has expanded in evolution and is thought to underlie primates’ increased capacity to engage high-level regulatory strategies aimed at coping with and modifying the experience of anxiety.

It is proposed that the STAI-T be considered a non-specific measure of negative affectivity rather than trait anxiety per se, in order to further examine discriminant and convergent validity.

Reducing the large burden of disease from anxiety disorders in individuals and worldwide can be best achieved by timely, accurate disease detection and adequate treatment administration, scaling up of treatments when needed.

Cognitive behavioral therapy is the psychotherapy with the most evidence of efficacy for anxiety disorders compared with psychological or pill placebo and first-line treatments for Anxiety disorders include cognitive behavioral therapy, SSRIs such as sertraline, and SNRIssuch as venlafaxine extended release.

The notion of climate change anxiety has gained traction in the last years. Clayton & Karazsia (2020) recently developed the 22-item Climate Change Anxiety Scale (CAS), which assesses climate change anxiety via a four-factor structure. Yet other research has cast doubts on the very structure of the CAS by calling either for a shorter (i.e. 13 items) two-factor structure or for a shorter single-factor structure (i.e. 13 items). So far, these three different models have not yet been compared in one study. Moreover, uncertainty remains regarding the associations between the CAS and other psycholo...

Growing concerns about anxiety associated with COVID-19 have led to recommendations for effective self-care, and greater availability of mental health treatment, as well as existential concerns raised by the pandemic suggest the importance of religious resources.

The findings suggest that the Turkish version of the Coronavirus Anxiety Scale is a valid and reliable measure to assess the severity of dysfunctional coronavirus related anxiety.

The psychometric properties of the Coronavirus Anxiety Scale are examined using an online survey of 398 adult Amazon MTurk workers in the U.S to support the validity of this mental health screener for COVID-19 related research and practice.

The properties of the Coronavirus Anxiety Scale (CAS), which is a brief mental health screener to identify probable cases of dysfunctional anxiety associated with the COVID-19 crisis, demonstrated solid reliability and validity.

Abstract Foreign language classroom anxiety is a construct that has been investigated since the 1980s, yet few studies have examined language anxiety in the context of the online learning environment. In this literature review, the following guiding questions were examined: (a) What is foreign language classroom anxiety? (b) What are the research findings on language anxiety among online learners? (c) What can instructors do to help alleviate their online students' perceived levels of language anxiety? In addition to an exploration of the guiding questions, the Foreign Language Classroom Anxie...

This scoping review sought to systematically map the existing literature on anxiety disorders and nutrition in order to identify associations between dietary factors and anxiety symptoms or disorder prevalence as well as identify gaps and opportunities for further research.

The USPSTF concludes that the current evidence is insufficient to assess the balance of benefits and harms of screening for anxiety in children 7 years or younger.

Anxiety and distress about the ecological crisis seems to be a rapidly growing phenomenon. This article analyzes the challenges and possibilities posed by such “eco-anxiety” for environmental education. Variations of eco-anxiety are analyzed, and it is argued that educators should be aware of the multiple forms that the phenomenon has. Eco-anxiety is found to be closely connected with many difficult emotions, such as grief, guilt, anger, and despair. However, anxiety also has an adaptive dimension, which can be called “practical anxiety”. Anxiety is connected with expectation, motivation, and ...

It is suggested that trait health anxiety and cyberchondria serve as risk factors, whereas information about the pandemic and adaptive emotion regulation might represent buffering factors for anxiety during a virus pandemic.

This review connects the clinical manifestations of depression and anxiety in obesity to the current understanding of the origins and biology of immunometabolic threats to central nervous system function and behavior.

Assessment of brain activity relating to dynamic changes in respiratory resistance of varying predictability in individuals with low vs. moderate anxiety traits demonstrated that anxiety-interoception links span all levels, from perceptual sensitivity to metacognition, with the largest effects seen at higher levels of interoceptive processes.

İnsanların yaşamında, alışkanlıklarında olumlu veya olumsuz ani, beklenmedik değişikliklerin korku, kaygı ve endişe duygularını yükseltmesi kaçınılmazdır. Tarihsel süreçte salgınlar, savaşlar, doğal felaketler toplumsal korku, kaygı ve endişenin önemli sebepleri olarak karşımıza çıkmaktadır. Günümüz modern risk toplumları da yüksek can kaybına yol açan ve her geçen yıl bir yenisiyle karşılaşılan salgın hastalıklarla korku ve kaygıyı küresel boyutta yaşamaktadır. Dünya Sağlık Örgütü, 11 Mart 2019 tarihinde, genel adıyla corona virüs sınıfında yer alan Covid-19 virüsünden kaynaklanan hastalığın ...

Findings suggest that depressed mood and anxious arousal are characterized by a general disruption in the ability to maintain task goals, whereas anxious apprehension is characterized by cognitive inflexibility, likely contributory factors in the maintenance of affective disorders.

Novel non-invasive brain stimulation techniques that can enhance electroencephalographic slow waves, and might help alleviate sleep and anxiety symptoms are addressed, and the prospect of slow wave sleep is highlighted as a potential therapeutic target for reducing anxiety.

Data obtained from animal models of depressive disorder and transgenic mouse models are summarized and previously published research data of clinical studies on corticotropin-releasing hormone (CRH), galanin (GAL), neuropeptide Y (NPY), neuroPEptide S (NPS), Oxytocin (OXT), vasopressin (VP), cholecystokinin (CCK), and melanin-concentrating hormone (MCH) stress research

The components of saliva that could be helpful in the quick diagnosis of stress, anxiety and/or depression are reviewed and cortisol, lysozyme, sAA and CgA are among the promising salivary biomarkers.

The results of this cross-sectional study suggest that the groups most psychologically affected by the COVID-19 pandemic are women, individuals with previous psychiatric illness, individuals living in urban areas and those with an accompanying chronic disease.

Results support a moderating relationship between both disgust propensity and sensitivity in the relationship between physical concerns associated with anxiety sensitivity and fear of contracting COVID-19, and lend support for individual variation in the activation of the BIS.

Abstract The climate crisis is an unprecedented existential threat that causes disturbing emotions, such as anxiety. Recently, Clayton and Karazsia measured climate anxiety as “a more clinically significant ‘anxious’ response to climate change” (2020, p. 9). To gain a more nuanced understanding of the phenomenon from an empirical psychological perspective, we translated the core of the Climate Anxiety Scale into German and assessed potential correlates in a large German-speaking quota sample ( N = 1011, stratified by age and gender). Overall, people reported low levels of climate anxiety. Clim...

Given the high prevalence of anxiety disorders and elevated anxiety symptoms among chronic kidney disease patients, more studies are required to assess the role and outcomes of anxiety screening among CKD patients.

BackgroundThe COVID-19 pandemic has created an unprecedented global crisis necessitating drastic changes to living conditions, social life, personal freedom and economic activity. No study has yet examined the presence of psychiatric symptoms in the UK population in similar conditions.AimsWe investigated the prevalence of COVID-19 related anxiety, generalised anxiety, depression and trauma symptoms in a representative sample of the UK population during an early phase of the pandemic, and estimated associations with variables likely to influence these symptoms.MethodBetween March 23rd and March...

This study showed a modest increase in the prevalence of mental health problems in the early stages of the pandemic, and these problems were predicted by several specific COVID-related variables.

An integrative network approach that deactivating core aspects of anxiety can deactivate associated networks of anxiety symptoms supports an integrativenetwork approach to treatment of test anxiety.

heightened risk of psychological distress was associated with female sex, a COVID-19 case in one’s immediate social network, underlying medical vulnerabilities, and recent experience of ≥3 viral symptoms, which can be used to inform the dissemination of psychological interventions.

There is increasing attention to the negative emotional responses associated with awareness of climate change. We present three studies developing a scale of climate change anxiety. In Study 1, the scale was developed and validated in an MTurk sample of 197. Exploratory factor analysis of our item pool revealed a four-factor structure, with cognitive-emotional impairment, functional impairment, behavioral engagement, and experience emerging as unique factors. Cognitive-emotional impairment and functional impairment were considered to constitute subscales for climate change anxiety; along with ...

This systematic review and meta-analysis evaluates the prevalence of perinatal depression in both mothers and fathers and finds that women with high levels of depression are more likely to suffer from depression in their first year of pregnancy.

This review aims to synthesise a large pre-clinical and clinical literature related to a hypothesised role of the locus coeruleus norepinephrine system in responses to acute and chronic threat, as well as the emergence of pathological anxiety in rodents.

The present longitudinal study investigated the changes of FLE (foreign language enjoyment) and FLA (foreign language anxiety) over time in the foreign language classroom and their relationship with foreign language learning motivation and learners’ personality traits. Fifty-five college students completed an FLE/FLA questionnaire after English classes over 14 weeks. They also completed a motivation questionnaire and a personality questionnaire. The results revealed that FLE was less stable over time as compared to FLA. A number of motivational factors (e.g. ought-to L2 self, ideal L2 self, mo...

Although the gut microbiota remains a promising target for prevention and therapy, future research should assess confounders, particularly diet and psychotropic medications, and should examine microorganism function.

The pooled prevalence of anxiety among vitiligo patients worldwide was comparable to other severe skin disorders, which accentuates the necessity of anxiety awareness in management of patients with skin diseases.

This review comprehensively summarizes the hippocampal mechanisms associated with anxiety modulation, based on molecular, cellular, and circuit properties, to provide tailored targets for future anxiety treatment.

The majority of studies reviewed indicate that anxiety disorders and health anxiety are associated with increased healthcare utilization across multiple care settings, and there is preliminary but limited evidence that, in some cases, anxiety can be associated with delayed, irregular, or inconsistent use of healthcare services.

As primary prevention, the occupation has to have considered as the main source of anxiety and other mental health disorders in Palestine and there is a need to implement a mental health care system through multidisciplinary work and raising awareness regarding the prevalence of mental disorders.

How, since the inclusion of female subjects, new mechanisms have been identified that underlie vulnerability to these disorders, and that reveal novel targets for treatments are discussed.