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KMID : 1143820130090010061
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Anxiety and Mood
2013 Volume.9 No. 1 p.61 ~ p.67
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Characteristic of Trait Anxiety and Positive Psychological Factors in Patients with Depression and/or Anxiety Disorders
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An Hee-Young
Min Jung-Ah
Kim Sun-Young
Chae Jeong-Ho
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Abstract
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Objective : The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between trait anxiety and positive psychological factors.
Methods : A total of 429 outpatients diagnosed with depression and/or anxiety disorders surveyed with questionnaires measuring socio-demographic, clinical, and positive psychological factors. The relationships of trait anxiety with clinical symptoms and positive psychological factors were evaluated.
Results : Patients with low trait anxiety showed high optimism, gratitude, hope, spirituality and purpose in life. After adjusting age, scores of BDI and STAI-S, the results showed low trait anxiety was associated with high spirituality and purpose in life.
Conclusion : The result revealed that trait anxiety had negative-relationship with spirituality and purpose in life in patients with depressive and/or anxiety disorders. Although trait anxiety was known as a general tendency which is stable, approach to trait anxiety by modulating these associated positive psychological factors would be newer approach of treatment to patients with depressive and/or anxiety disorders.
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KEYWORD
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Trait anxiety, Positive psychological factors, Spirituality, Purpose in life
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