Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/28742
Title: The Mediating Relationship Between Maladaptive Behaviours, Cognitive Factors, and Generalised Anxiety Disorder Symptoms
Contributor(s): Mahoney, Alison E J (author); Hobbs, Megan J  (author)orcid ; Williams, Alishia D (author); Andrews, Gavin (author); Newby, Jill M (author)
Publication Date: 2018-06
Early Online Version: 2018-05-24
DOI: 10.1017/bec.2018.13
Handle Link: https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/28742
Abstract: Cognitive theories of generalised anxiety disorder (GAD) posit that cognitive and behavioural factors maintain the disorder. This study examined whether avoidance and safety behaviours mediated the relationship between cognitive factors and GAD symptoms. We also examined the reverse mediation model; that is, whether cognitive factors mediated the relationship between maladaptive behaviours and GAD symptoms. Undergraduate psychology students (N = 125 and N = 292) completed the Worry Behaviours Inventory (a recently developed measure of maladaptive behaviours associated with GAD), in addition to measures of intolerance of uncertainty, cognitive avoidance, metacognitive beliefs, and symptoms of GAD and depression. Analyses supported the reliability and validity of the WBI. We consistently found that engagement in maladaptive behaviours significantly mediated the relationship between cognitive factors and symptoms of GAD. The reverse mediation model was also supported. Our results are consistent with the contention that cognitive and behavioural factors contribute to GAD symptom severity.
Publication Type: Journal Article
Grant Details: NHMRC/1033787
Source of Publication: Behaviour Change, 35(2), p. 123-138
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Place of Publication: United Kingdom
ISSN: 2049-7768
0813-4839
Fields of Research (FoR) 2008: 110319 Psychiatry (incl. Psychotherapy)
111714 Mental Health
170109 Personality, Abilities and Assessment
Fields of Research (FoR) 2020: 320221 Psychiatry (incl. psychotherapy)
520503 Personality and individual differences
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2008: 920410 Mental Health
920204 Evaluation of Health Outcomes
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2020: 200409 Mental health
200202 Evaluation of health outcomes
Peer Reviewed: Yes
HERDC Category Description: C1 Refereed Article in a Scholarly Journal
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