APS

31st APS Annual Convention · 2019

Relationship between Self-Punishment Worrying and Anxious Thoughts in Young Adults: A Mediation Model

Washington, DC · May 2019

Poster · Personality/Emotion

  • José Maldonado-Martínez
    University of Puerto Rico
  • Cristina Abboud-Chalhoub
    University of Puerto Rico
  • Ricardo Rodríguez-Colón
    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, Río Piedras Campus

Abstract

We investigated the mediating effect of cognitive flexibility on the relationship between self-punishment worrying and anxious thoughts in a sample of 372 Spanish-speaking young adults. There was a significant indirect effect, b=.51, BCa CI [.35, .68]. This represents a medium effect size, K2=.22.

Anxiety

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