Social problem solving and trait anxiety as predictors of worry in a college student population

KD Belzer, TJ D'Zurilla, A Maydeu-Olivares - Personality and Individual …, 2002 - Elsevier
This study examined the relations between trait anxiety, social problem-solving ability, and
two different measures of worry in a sample of 353 college students. The worry measures …

[PDF][PDF] Worry and its Relationship to Shyness.

CR Cowden - North American Journal of Psychology, 2005 - ffri.hr
METHOD In this study 122 college students completed the Penn State Worry Questionnaire
(PSWQ) as well as some commonly used instruments measuring fear of negative evaluation …

Worry versus anxiety: Is there really a difference?

BJ Zebb, JG Beck - Behavior modification, 1998 - journals.sagepub.com
The similarities and distinctions between the constructs of worry and anxiety were examined
in a sample of 189 university students. Three worry scales and four measures of anxiety …

Worry and problem solving: Evidence of a specific relationship

MJ Dugas, H Letarte, J Rhéaume, MH Freeston… - Cognitive Therapy and …, 1995 - Springer
Recent studies suggest that worry is related to deficient problem-solving ability. This paper
presents the relationship between worry and problem solving. Worry was measured with the …

Worry episodes and perceived problem solving: A diary-based approach

M Szabó, PF Lovibond - Anxiety, stress, and coping, 2006 - Taylor & Francis
Thirty-nine university students monitored their naturally occurring worry episodes for 7 days.
They rated each episode in terms of six cognitive content categories, labeled Negative …

Age and gender differences in adolescent worry

U Barahmand - Personality and individual differences, 2008 - Elsevier
The purpose of the present study was to explore gender and age differences in adolescent
worry. High school students filled out measures of worry, negative problem orientation …

The structure of worry: Relations between positive/negative personality characteristics and the Penn State Worry Questionnaire

BO Olatunji, MA Schottenbauer, BF Rodriguez… - Journal of Anxiety …, 2007 - Elsevier
The present studies investigated the structure, correlates, and predictors of worry, as
assessed by the Penn State Worry Questionnaire (PSWQ), in a large nonclinical sample (N …

Gender differences in worry and associated cognitive-behavioral variables

M Robichaud, MJ Dugas, M Conway - Journal of anxiety disorders, 2003 - Elsevier
Research has shown that there is a significant gender difference in the worry report of
women and men, with women often reporting more worry than men. The present study …

Reliability and validity of two widely-used worry questionnaires: Self-report and self-peer convergence

J Stöber - Personality and Individual differences, 1998 - Elsevier
The reliability and validity of the Penn State Worry Questionnaire (PSWQ) and the Worry
Domains Questionnaire (WDQ) were examined with self-ratings from a non-clinical sample …

Ethnic differences in worry in a nonclinical population

EL Scott, W Eng, RG Heimberg - Depression and Anxiety, 2002 - Wiley Online Library
The present study examined ethnic differences in worry in a college student population. No
differences were found between Caucasians, African Americans, and Asian Americans in …