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Characteristic of Trait Anxiety and Positive Psychological Factors in Patients with Depression and/or Anxiety Disorders  

An, Hee-Young (Department of Psychiatry, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea)
Min, Jung-Ah (Department of Psychiatry, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea)
Kim, Sun-Young (Catholic Emotion Laboratory, Catholic Medical Science Institute)
Chae, Jeong-Ho (Department of Psychiatry, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea)
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Anxiety and mood / v.9, no.1, 2013 , pp. 61-67 More about this Journal
Abstract
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.
Keywords
Trait anxiety; Positive psychological factors; Spirituality; Purpose in life;
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