Anxiety
Current Trends in Theory and Research
- 1st Edition - January 28, 1972
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Editor: Charles D. Spielberger
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 1 - 4 8 3 2 - 4 6 7 8 - 9
- Hardback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 6 5 7 4 0 1 - 2
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 1 - 4 8 3 2 - 5 8 2 5 - 6
Anxiety: Current Trends in Theory and Research, Volume I, seeks to facilitate a more comprehensive understanding of anxiety phenomena. This volume emerged from a symposium on… Read more
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Request a sales quoteAnxiety: Current Trends in Theory and Research, Volume I, seeks to facilitate a more comprehensive understanding of anxiety phenomena. This volume emerged from a symposium on Anxiety: Current Trends in Theory and Research held at Florida State University in the spring of 1970. The symposium brought together persons who have made important contributions to the understanding of anxiety phenomena and provided them with an opportunity to react to each other's ideas. One of the main goals of the symposium was to stimulate confrontation among opposing views with the expectation that this would, at least, provide clarification of terminology and eliminate the semantic confusion plaguing the field. The volume is organized into three parts. Part I presents an overview of the unique theoretical perspective and research objectives with which each contributor has approached the topic of anxiety. It also provides background information and historical perspective for the reader with limited familiarity with this area. Part II contains papers focusing on the nature and measurement of anxiety. Part III deals with the neurophysiological and biochemical aspects of anxiety. This work is intended primarily for psychologists and students of psychology, but it should be of interest to any behavioral or medical scientist concerned with a more comprehensive understanding of personality and psychopathology.
List of Contributors
Preface
Acknowledgments
Contents of Volume II
Part I Introduction
Chapter 1. Current Trends in Theory and Research on Anxiety
Historical Perspective
Anxiety: Current Trends in Theory and Research
References
Part II The Nature and Measurement of Anxiety
Chapter 2. Anxiety as an Emotional State
The Concept of Emotion
Anxiety as an Emotional State
The Measurement of Anxiety States
Toward a Trait-State Theory of Anxiety
Summary
References
Chapter 3. Anxiety: a Variable Combination of Interacting Fundamental Emotions
A Conceptual Analysis of Anxiety
Some Differences among Theories of Emotion and Anxiety
Empirical Analysis of "Anxiety"
Summary and Conclusions
References
Comments on Dr. Izard's Paper
Comments on Dr. Izard's Paper
Chapter 4. The Nature and Genesis of Mood States: a Theoretical Model with Experimental Measurements Concerning Anxiety, Depression, Arousal, and Other Mood States
Introduction
The Basis for Differentiating the Concepts of States, Traits, and Trait Change Factors
The Expansion of the Traditional R-Technique Specification Equation to Incorporate States and Trait-Change Factors
The Use of Coordinated R-, dR-, and P-Technique Experiments to Effect Separation and Identification of Trait, Trait Change, and State Structures
Further Characteristics Needing Definition in the State Model: Measurement Origins, Frequency, and Speed of Oscillation
The Integration of State Research with the Concepts of State Liability and Modulation
The State and Trait Variances to be Expected under R-, dR-, and P-Designs
Conditions Required for Defining Anxiety, in Relation to Effort Stress, Arousal, Depression, and Fear
The Nature and Theoretical Distinction of Anxiety, Effort Stress, Arousal, Depression, and Fear
Anxiety and Other States Defined in a Theory of Dynamic Process
References
Comments on Dr. Cattell's Paper
References
Part III Neurophysiological and Biochemical Aspects of Anxiety
Chapter 5. Anxiety and Impulsiveness: Toward a Neuropsychological Model
Overview of Research Project and Rationale
Psychometric Research (Human)
Laboratory Behavioral Research (Human)
Psychophysiological Research (Human)
Everyday Life Experiences (Human)
Infrahuman Research
Toward a Neuropsychological Model of Impulsiveness and Anxiety
References
Comments on Dr. Barratt's Paper
Chapter 6. A Brief Commentary on the "Psychiatric Breakthrough" with Emphasis on the Hematology of Anxiety
The Hematology of Anxiety
A Critical Commentary on Breakthrough Research
References
Comments on Dr. Levitt's Paper
Author Index
Subject Index
- Edition: 1
- Published: January 28, 1972
- No. of pages (eBook): 268
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN: 9781483246789
- Hardback ISBN: 9780126574012
- eBook ISBN: 9781483258256
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