Synopses & Reviews
The contributions in this comprehensive volume represent research conducted over the past 10 years. Practical and clinically relevant developments; several measurement instruments for the assessment of worry at all points along the developmental continuum; specific management and treatment strategies including a particularly useful tactic for modifying pessimism in worriers are among the issues discussed.
Table of Contents
Partial table of contents:
THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES.
The Nature, Functions, and Origins of Worry (T. Borkovec).
Attention and the Control of Worry (A. Wells).
Worry and Explanation-Based Pessimism (A. MacLeod).
Worry as a Component of Test Anxiety: A Multidimensional Analysis (G. Flett & K. Blankstein).
WORRY IN SELECTED POPULATION GROUPS.
Worry in Children (M. Vasey & E. Daleiden).
Treatment of Worry in Generalised Anxiety Disorder (G. Butler).
The Experience of Worry Among the Elderly (P. Wisocki).
THE ASSESSMENT OF WORRY.
The Penn State Worry Questionnaire: Psychometric Properties and Associated Characteristics (S. Molina & T. Borkovec).
Indexes.