Anxiety: The Cognitive Perspective (Essays In Cognitive Psychology)

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Theorists are increasingly arguing that it is fruitful to approach anxiety from the cognitive perspective, and the empirical evidence supports that contention. The cognitive perspective is also adopted in this book, but the approach represents a development and extension of earlier ones. For example, most previous theories and research have been based on anxiety either in clinical or in normal groups. In contrast, one of the central themes of this book is that there are great advantages to be gained from a joint consideration of clinical and normal anxiety. Another theme of this book is that it is of major importance to establish whether or not there is a cognitive vulnerability factor which is associated with at least some forms of clinical anxiety. It is argued (with supporting evidence) that there is a latent cognitive vulnerability factor for generalized anxiety disorder which manifests itself under stressful conditions. This vulnerability factor is characterized by hypervigilance, and is found predominantly in normals high in the personality dimension of trait anxiety. The scope of the book extends to the effects of anxiety on performance and to the phenomenon of worry, which is regarded as the cognitive component of anxiety. In both cases, a new theoretical framework is presented.


  • | Author: Michael W. Eysenck
  • | Publisher: Psychology Press
  • | Publication Date: Jun 09, 2015
  • | Number of Pages: 208 pages
  • | Language: English
  • | Binding: Paperback
  • | ISBN-10: 1138876925
  • | ISBN-13: 9781138876927
Author:
Michael W. Eysenck
Publisher:
Psychology Press
Publication Date:
Jun 09, 2015
Number of pages:
208 pages
Language:
English
Binding:
Paperback
ISBN-10:
1138876925
ISBN-13:
9781138876927