An Exploration of the Relationship between Worry and Other Verbal Phenomena

• Main Author: O'Brien, Karen M.
• Other Authors: Murrell, Amy R.
• Format: Others
• Language: English
• Published: University of North Texas 2008
• Subjects: Worry; verbal; derived relational responding; relational frame theory; Worry.; Verbal ability.; Avoidance (Psychology); Discrimination learning.
• Online Access: https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc6069/

This study hypothesized a direct relationship among three verbal phenomena: derived relational responding, verbal intelligence, and worry. It also hypothesized that experiential avoidance would mediate the relationship between derived relational responding and worry. Overall, results from this study failed to support a relationship between worry and the other two verbal phenomena, however, results did support a relationship between derived relational responding and verbal intelligence. Additionally, results indicated a significant relationship between experiential avoidance and worry. Future research should clarify the relationship among the three primary variables of interest, improve measurement of these variables, be more sensitive to external validity, and promote the study of acceptance-based treatments that target experiential avoidance.