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- Title
El rol de la felicidad y el optimismo como factor protector de la ansiedad.
- Authors
PAVEZ, PAULA; MENA, LUIS; VERA-VILLARROEL, PABLO
- Abstract
Protection and risk factors associated with anxiety were evaluated in 711 people, who reported different values in scales of anxiety, depression, happiness and optimism, including their socio-demographic background. Evidence that depression is a risk factor for anxiety state as a feature was found, which is in accordance with previous works, since this variable has been observed in comorbility to anxiety in people belonging to different age groups. It is also observed that happiness constitute a protective factor for both anxieties, while optimism is evinced as a protector of the anxiety feature. These results emphasize the need of further research, using positive and negative features as a whole, given the potential applications specialized in psychotherapeutic interventions for psychological disorders since this type of studies continue to be scarce.
- Subjects
HAPPINESS; OPTIMISM; ANXIETY risk factors; MENTAL depression; SOCIODEMOGRAPHIC factors
- Publication
Universitas Psychologica, 2012, Vol 11, Issue 2, p369
- ISSN
1657-9267
- Publication type
Article