Belief about worry and coping strategies in pathological worrier.

The purpose of the present study was to investigate the factors related to the pathological worry which is chronic, uncontrollable and maintaining anxiety. In this study it was investigated whether three groups, pathological worrier, high normal worrier and low normal worrier, had the difference in positive belief and negative belief about worry or not. And the difference in information avoidance coping strategy and information-seeking/solution-generating coping strategies was also investigated among the three groups. For this purpose, Penn State Worry Questionnaire, Worry Domains Questionnaire, Consequences of Worrying Scale, and Coping Strategies questionnaire were administrated to 578 undergraduates. Results indicate that first, pathological worrier and high normal worrier had more positive belief about worry than low normal worrier. Second, pathological worrier had more negative belief about worry than high and low normal worriers. Third, there were significant differences between pathological worrier and low normal worrier in information seeking/solution generating coping strategies, which pathological worrier got higher scores on information seeking/solution generating coping strategies than low normal worrier, while there was no difference among three groups in information avoidance coping strategy. These results suggested that the people with pathological worry have negative belief about worry. Nevertheless they cannot stop worrying and keep seeking informations and solutions about problems persistently. Their worry, therefore, become uncontrollable and anxiety maintains. Therefore, negative belief about worry and tendency to use information-seeking and solution-generating coping strategies persistently have to be target of the treatment for pathological worrier.

keywords: pathological worry. belief about worry, coping strategies, pathological worry. belief about worry, coping strategies, 병리적 걱정, 걱정에 대한 신념, 대처방략

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Vol.23 No.2

Belief about worry and coping strategies in pathological worrier.

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Korean Journal of Psychology: General