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dc.contributor.authorPanayiotou, Georgiaen
dc.contributor.authorKarekla, Mariaen
dc.contributor.authorLeonidou, Chrysanthien
dc.creatorPanayiotou, Georgiaen
dc.creatorKarekla, Mariaen
dc.creatorLeonidou, Chrysanthien
dc.date.accessioned2017-07-27T10:22:06Z
dc.date.available2017-07-27T10:22:06Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.identifier.urihttps://gnosis.library.ucy.ac.cy/handle/7/37523
dc.description.abstractTo-date no models adequately address the higher vulnerability of women to anxiety pathology, in contrast to other disorders, such as depression where ruminative thinking has been identified as accounting for women's greater risk. This investigation examines the hypothesis that gender differences in coping, with women relying more on specific types of avoidance, may in part explain women's anxiety risk. Coping, experiential avoidance, anxiety symptoms, anxiety sensitivity and perceived stress due to life stressors were assessed in a community sample (N=456). Women were more likely to meet clinical screening cut-offs for anxiety disorders, report more symptoms and experience greater anxiety sensitivity than men. They also reported greater reliance on avoidant coping and experiential avoidance, which were associated with increased anxiety. Gender moderated coping effects so that the coping style that mostly differentiated women from men in predicting anxiety was behavioral disengagement. To the contrary, self-reported stress due to life events did not significantly explain anxiety gender effects as no significant moderation by gender was observed. Results suggest that greater reliance on avoidance, especially behavioral avoidance, may be associated with increased vulnerability to anxiety specifically among women. © 2017 Association for Contextual Behavioral Scienceen
dc.sourceJournal of Contextual Behavioral Scienceen
dc.source.urihttps://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85018808543&doi=10.1016%2fj.jcbs.2017.04.005&partnerID=40&md5=4b42db082029699e36b8cbaac7807645
dc.subjectAnxietyen
dc.subjectBehavioral avoidanceen
dc.subjectCopingen
dc.subjectExperiential avoidanceen
dc.subjectGenderen
dc.subjectStressen
dc.titleCoping through avoidance may explain gender disparities in anxietyen
dc.typeinfo:eu-repo/semantics/article
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.jcbs.2017.04.005
dc.description.volume6
dc.description.issue2
dc.description.startingpage215
dc.description.endingpage220
dc.author.facultyΣχολή Κοινωνικών Επιστημών και Επιστημών Αγωγής / Faculty of Social Sciences and Education
dc.author.departmentΤμήμα Ψυχολογίας / Department of Psychology
dc.type.uhtypeArticleen
dc.description.notesExport Date: 17 July 2017en
dc.contributor.orcidKarekla, Maria [0000-0001-7021-7908]
dc.contributor.orcidPanayiotou, Georgia [0000-0003-2471-9960]
dc.gnosis.orcid0000-0001-7021-7908
dc.gnosis.orcid0000-0003-2471-9960


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