Jahliya Clifton Psy 203 Most people feel anxious or depressed at times. Usually from difficult situations that can lead them to feel unhappy, lonely, scared, apprehensive, or worrying. These emotions are everyday reactions to our lifestyles. A few people encounter these emotions day by day for no apparent reason, making it hard to go ahead with typical, ordinary life. These people may have an anxiety disorder, depression, or both. Everyone knows how it feels to be anxious especially at an young age. May get butterflies in your stomach when your crush tells you he likes you first or even when your your heart is pounding because you're in danger. Anxiety makes you feel that way and it is normal to feel that way because it can help you cope. But if you have an anxiety disorder it isn't normal as having anxiety. An anxiety …show more content…
To determine the point of the main issue A Multitrait-Multimethod design with confirmatory Factor Analysis was used. This was used to contrast variation with traits, method and unique variance and to determine the validity and quantification invariance between mother and child reported scales. In the article symptom scales have identified combined symptoms of anxiety and depression, or internalizing problems, as an important emotional syndrome in childhood and adolescence. Some research has supported a one-factor model of anxiety and depression and other research suggests two-factor or three- factor models of anxiety and depression, and that these constructs tend to cluster in distinct groups. Previous studies of the structure of anxiety and depression in children and adolescents have found inconsistent levels of construct
The Revised Children’s Manifest Anxiety Scale (RCMAS-2) is a revision of the Children’s Manifest Anxiety Scale (CMAS) created by Cecil Reynolds and Bert Richmond in 1985 (Reynolds & Richmond, 2008). The RCMAS-2 includes an updated standardization sample, improved psychometrics, and broadened content (Reynolds & Richmond, 2008). Although these revisions occurred, the brevity, elementary reading level, and content-based item clusters were retained, offering an updated and effective tool for understanding and treating anxiety in school-aged children (Reynolds & Richmond, 2008).
Anxiety is overcoming obstacles, it does go away if one is repetitively doing it. Anxiety can lead to depression, but they are not the same thing. James Collier once said, “I developed a ruled for myself : Do what makes you happy, don’t do what makes you depressed.” Collier got an invite to go to Argentina, he really wanted to go but his anxiety got the best of him. His ideas for the future were very myopic. Collier turned down the trip and wasn’t happy about it. Collier was nervous because he had never been that far from New England. Not to mention, Collier also got homesick the first week he was away for college so being homesick also set him back. Don’t go into depression because anxiety isn’t letting you do the things you want to do, just push through it. Later on in life Collier got another offer to go on a trip for work, he took the offer because he was going to do what made him happy, not depressed. I also get anxiety when I have job interviews. Talking to a manager, trying to say all of the right things makes me nervous and loquacious. For instance, going on dates makes one have butterflies, which is a sign of having anxiety, eventually, over time those butterflies go away. Continuing to do the same thing over and over again will make ones anxiety almost
Thematic analysis is espoused to be the foundational approach to qualitative analysis and methods (Saunders et al., 2016 as stated in Braun and Clarke, 2006: 78) and it is a useful method used to identify and analyse the order and patterns of qualitative data (Attride-Stirling, 2001). Qualitative research method depicts the correlation that exists between data and events, creating the pictorial representation of what one thinks a given data says (Saunders et al., 2016). They also opined that, qualitative data analysis is cogent, interactive and iterative. Also, Joana and Jill (2011) and Saunders et al (2016) postulate that, qualitative research brings meanings from words and images as opposed to numbers. However, despite its robustness and rigour of its application, it is skewed more to the interpretivist ideologies since researchers draw conclusion from participants and the hypothesis being forecasted (Joana and Jill, 2011; Saunders et al., 2016).
When dealing with Anxiety, many believe that is just a panic attack or “butterflies” that make you nervous. They do not comprehend that it is an abundant more than that. Amanda Seyfried once stated about her anxiety, “It's sad, actually, because my anxiety keeps me from enjoying things as much as I should at this age” (Seyfried 1). Her anxiety held her back from doing the things that she enjoyed. Her anxiety caused her sadness. Her anxiety caused her to separate her from others her age. Anxiety can cause an individual to attract Depression as well.
Anxiety is a term for several disorders that causes the body to feel fear, nervousness, apprehension, and worrying, "Anxiety is a word we use for some types of fear that are consequently to do with the thought of a threat or something going wrong in the future, rather than right now" (Mental Health Foundation). Many people suffer from anxiety every day, consequently most people can not pinpoint what exactly their anxiety originates from. No one likes to experience stress and anxiety, but it is just a phase of life that most humans have to overcome and become stronger. Anxiety disorders are one of the most inferior mental illnesses that affects teens and adults in the United States. Anxiety negatively affects the body and
The Beck Anxiety Inventory was designed by Aaron T. Beck and is self report scale that consists of 21 items. The items are short and straightforward, making it easy to read and comprehend. All items are related to anxiety and describe a symptom of anxiety that is rate on a four point likert scale according to severity. The answers range from 0-3 and the responses range from “not at all” to “severely; I could barely stand it” and all items are added for a total score. The instructions on the test ask for the respondent to “indicate how much you have been bothered by each symptom during the past week, including today, by placing an X in the corresponding space in the column next to each symptom” (Dowd, 2008). The assessment is intended for adolescents and adults and can be administered individually or in a group setting. An additional copy of the inventory test is also available in Spanish. It was originally created from a sample of 810 outpatients of that were predominately affected by mood and anxiety disorders and research on the original development is described as informative and thorough.
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The Beck Youth Inventory Test was developed in 2001 by Judith Beck, Aaron Beck, John Jolly, and Robert Steer. The purpose of this psychological testing tool is a brief self-report to measure the distress in children and adolescents (Flanagan & Henington, 2005). The Beck Youth Inventory includes using five self-administered scales. The five tests include the Beck Depression Inventory, Beck Anxiety Inventory, Beck Anger Inventory, Beck Disruptive Inventory, and the Beck Self-Concept Inventory. These tests can be administered individually or in combination to the youth. The intended population for this test is ages 7-14 years (Flanagan & Henington, 2005). This test is used to assess symptoms of depression, anxiety, anger, disruptive behavior, and self esteem (Beck, 2001).
According to Pallant (2007), the obtained data needs to be analysed and interpreted very carefully in order for the researcher to gain valuable and useful information from the study (p. 100). The researcher should have at least understanding statistical techniques used in the study for data analysis. Moreover, Hair et al. (2003) have also mentioned that it is very important to determine the goodness of the collected data and analyse it accurately because the wrong data will lead the useless result (p. 306).
Factor analysis can only be applied to continuous variables (or) interval scaled variables. Factor analysis is like Regression analysis as it tries to ‘best fit’ the factors to a scatter diagram of data in such a way that the factors explain the variance associated with the responses to each statements. Factor analysis was conducted by the researcher in the present research in the following stages.
Anxiety is a normal reaction to stress. Every person experiences some form of anxiety in his or her lifetime. Anxiety helps us deal with tense situations like using our flight or fight reaction, study harder for an exam, or keep focus on important deadlines. Anxiety can be useful until it gets to the point of interfering with everyday life. Some people explain it as not being able to shut the anxiety off. When anxiety becomes an excessive, irrational dread of everyday situations, it becomes a disabling disorder (National Institute of Mental Health, 2009). Each year, anxiety disorders affect about 40 million American adults age 18 years and older (National Institute of Mental Health, 2009). There are five major Anxiety Disorders they include Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD), Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD), Panic Disorder, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), and Phobias.
The definition of anxiety by the American Psychological Association is, “...an emotion characterized by feelings of tension, worried thoughts and physical changes like increased blood pressure”(APA) Anxiety disorders affect 1 in 8 children, the largest source of the anxiety being stress. An article by the Huffington Post says, “31 percent of teens report feeling overwhelmed as a result of stress, 30 percent say that they feel sad or depressed as a result of stress, and 36 percent report feeling tired
In general, anxiety has an effect on emotions. People of all ages with anxiety have common symptoms because anxiety affects the same parts of the brain. Although “moodiness” is a popular emotion that people have frequently, when it repetitively comes up it can be defined as a symptom of anxiety. Hand in hand with “moodiness,” a routine of irritability is another symptom that has been recorded for anxiety. Anxiety is also seen when one is unable to relax, feels overwhelmed, have a sense of loneliness and depression. Even though depression is a symptom of anxiety, it can also be an end result to a critical case of anxiety. Along with emotional, physical symptoms also come to the attention of those who diagnose anxiety.
Many people feel apprehensive and miserable every now and then, but when does it take over their whole lives? Losing a loved one, doing poorly in school or work, being bullied and other hardships might lead a person to feel sad, lonely, scared, nervous and/or anxious. Some people experience this on an everyday basis, sometimes even or no reason at all. Those people might have an anxiety disorder, depression, or both. It is highly likely for someone with an anxiety disorder to also be suffering from depression, or the other way around. 50% of those diagnosed with depression are also diagnosed with an anxiety disorder.