Anxiety and Worry as Aspects of Normal Behavior.
Year: 1962
Type: article
Abstract: Anxiety and worry are not necessarily psychopathological reactions. Anxiety is a basic physiological and affective response to the perception of danger. Worry is an effort to deal with the perceived threat at an intellectual level. Realistic anxiety and worry, based on objective and realistic dangers, should be distinguished from neurotic anxieties and worries. Within certain limits realistic anxiety and worry are useful adaptive mechanisms which enable a person to cope more effectively with anticipated dangers. Excessive anxiety and worry, however, or the absence of these reactions in circumstances where they would be appropriate, both tend to lead to maladaptive responses. These considerations have certain useful implications in medicine, notably in the preparation of patients for surgical operation.
Source: PubMed
Author: J Marmor
Language: English
Subfield: Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W199327746