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An Exploration Of The Cognitive Predictors Of Perseverative Worry, Jessica L. O'Leary
An Exploration Of The Cognitive Predictors Of Perseverative Worry, Jessica L. O'Leary
UNF Graduate Theses and Dissertations
The mood-as-input model of perseverative worrying is a conceptual model that has been developed to explain the perseverative aspect of worry inherent in Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD) (Davey, 2006a). The first objective of this study was to provide additional empirical support for the mood-as-input model of perseverative worrying. A second objective of this study was to investigate the association between perseverative worry and GAD symptoms. The final objective of this study was to assist in generating a comprehensive model of worry that incorporated unique predictors of GAD. Results indicated that unique variables, such as ‘as many as can’ stop rules …