APS
30th APS Annual Convention · 2018
Avoidance Strategies and a Tendency for Self-Punishing Thoughts As Predictors of Anxious Symptoms in Young Adults
- José Maldonado-Martínez
University of Puerto Rico - Ricardo Rodríguez-Colón
University of Puerto Rico - Cristina Abboud-Chalhoub
University of Puerto Rico - Dimayra Rivera-López
University of Puerto Rico - Nicole Vargas-Fuentes
University of Puerto Rico - Deliz Rodríguez-Carrasquillo
University of Puerto Rico - Lydia Rodríguez-Corcelles
University of Puerto Rico - Alanis De La Cruz-Pérez
University of Puerto Rico - Giovanni Tirado-Santiago
University of Puerto Rico
Abstract
We examined the impact of the disposition to adopt avoidance strategies and the frequency of self-punishment worrying on the magnitude of anxious thoughts in a sample of 322 young adults. Correlations suggest that both factors sustain anxious thoughts. Both factors predicted 43% of the variance.
Anxiety
