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Norberg, Melissa M.; Norton, Alice R.; Olivier, Jake; Zvolensky, Michael J. – Behavior Therapy, 2010
Recent research suggests that social anxiety may be associated with higher rates of alcohol problems in women, yet may be associated with lower levels of drinking in men. The current study investigated putative mechanisms that may underlie potential gender differences in the social anxiety-alcohol relationship. One hundred and eighteen college…
Descriptors: College Students, Drinking, Risk, Gender Differences
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Pietrefesa, Ashley S.; Coles, Meredith E. – Behavior Therapy, 2008
Cognitive-behavioral conceptualizations of obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) have predominantly viewed compulsions as being motivated by harm avoidance. However, sensations of things being incomplete or not "just right" may also underlie compulsions in OCD. Preliminary research suggests that distinguishing between harm avoidance and…
Descriptors: Personality Traits, Factor Analysis, Symptoms (Individual Disorders), Disabilities
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McLaughlin, Katie A.; Borkovec, Thomas D.; Sibrava, Nicholas J. – Behavior Therapy, 2007
The effects of worry and rumination on affective states and mentation type were examined in an unselected undergraduate sample in Study 1 and in a sample of individuals with high trait worry and rumination, high rumination, and low worry/rumination in Study 2. Participants engaged in worry and rumination inductions, counterbalanced in order across…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Depression (Psychology), Anxiety, Undergraduate Students