The social ecology of anxiety. Theoretical and quantitative perspectives.
Experience sampling is a relatively new research approach that captures relevant variations in experience and symptoms in the course of everyday life. In this paper, a socioecological frame of reference that integrates psychological, historical, cultural, and developmental theories about anxiety phenomena will be illustrated using quantitative descriptions of anxiety and avoidance behaviors gathered with the Experience-Sampling Method. The interaction between anxiety symptoms and the environment in which they occurred is explored in a case study that points to possibilities for future research and the establishment of therapeutic approaches that are optimally suited to the individual patient.
Dijkman
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Department of Social Psychiatry, University of Limburg, Maastricht, the Netherlands.
DeVries
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D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D000379:Agoraphobia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy; D001008:Anxiety Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy; D003625:Data Collection / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008016:Life Change Events; D008297:Male; D010200:Panic; D010555:Personality Inventory; D012649:Self Concept; D012931:Social Environment