The relationship of worrying, coping, and symptoms among college men and women.
College students maintained a daily log of their worrying for 7 consecutive days, with three different subgroups starting on different days of the week. Patterns of the type and amount of worrying did not vary systematically over successive days. Multiple regression analyses showed a direct relationship between worrying level and amount of psychological symptoms, as measured by both the diary method and a single item self-rating. Avoidance coping was related to higher levels of physical and psychological symptoms, whereas problem solving was associated with fewer psychological symptoms for females. Men and women, for the most part, had similar relationships among the variables.
Jung
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Department of Psychology, California State University, Long Beach 90840.
D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D001007:Anxiety / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010552:Personality Assessment; D011340:Problem Solving; D013001:Somatoform Disorders / Q000523:psychology*