Majallah-i Dānishgāh-i ̒Ulūm-i Pizishkī-i Bābul (Apr 2010)

The Relationship between Behavioral Activation and Inhibition Systems on the Pathological and Non-Pathological Worry

  • A Mansouri,,
  • A Bakhshipour Roodsari

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 59 – 64

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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Activation of the behavioral inhibition system plays central role in appearance of emotional and affective experiments and cause anxiety personality traits and high sensitive on the threatening stimulus. Also, it coincides with the feelings of anxiety, worries and rumination. On the other hand, it is not collected information about relationship between behavioral activation and inhibition systems with pathological and non-pathological worry. Thus, the purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between behavioral activation and inhibition systems with pathological and non-pathological worry. METHODS: This cross sectional study was performed on 220 students (120 females, 100 males) of Tabriz University dormitories. Students were selected by random cluster sampling. Behavioral Activation/Inhibition Systems Scale, Worry Domains questionnaire and Penn State Worry Questionnaire were used for data collection. Variables were measured by 5-point Likert-scale and then analyzed. FINDINGS: The mean age of participants was 22±1.74 years. The mean of inhibition system, pathological worry and non-pathological worry were 19.79±2.59, 43.89±11.94 and 49.80±22.27, respectively. Relationship between inhibition system with pathological and non-pathological worry was significant (p<0.01). Inhibition system had positive and significant effect on the pathological and non-pathological worry. In other word, inhibition system account for variance in the pathological and non-pathological worry and can predict worry. Moreover, relationship between inhibition system with worry for relationships, work and financial was significant (p0.01) and activation system had not positive and significant effect on worries.CONCLUSION: Results of this study endorse the relationship between inhibition system with worry. Moreover, it showed that inhibition system is one of effective factors on experiment and intensity worry. In addition, inhibition system can predict worry.

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