Young adults worry more than older adults; however, few studies have examined why age differences may exist in the frequency of worry. The present study aimed to identify age differences in worry frequency, and examine the relation of age and worry to control over one's emotions and control over anxiety. Older adults worried less often than young adults; however, young women worried more often ...

Test anxiety is common among university students and impairs examination performance. Existing interventions for test are not particularly effective. Prior to developing an effective intervention, the key psychological beliefs that predict need be identified. Two transdiagnostic models, intolerance of uncertainty (IU) Self-Regulatory Executive Function (S-REF) propose different result in emotio...

For long years, researchers in the field believed that development of self-regulated learning (SRL) behaviors students could only be initiated around middle school years. Nowadays, a growing number research world attempt to challenge this belief by demonstrating SRL and strategies can emerge at an earlier age than expected through proper training eventually affect students’ positive academic ou...

Abstract Evidentialism as an account of theoretical rationality is a popular and well-defended position. However, recently, it's been argued that misleading higher-order evidence (HOE) – is, about one's or cognitive functioning poses problem for evidentialism. Roughly, the that, in certain cases HOE, it appears evidentialism entails rational to adopt belief akratic conjunction proposition form ...

the aim of the present study was to investigate the relations of locus of control, rumination, and worry with depression and anxiety in a sample of depressed and anxious patients. a second purpose of the study was to examine the mediating role of rumination and worry on the relationship between locus of control with depression and anxiety. one hundred and twelve patients with major depression a...

Abstract There is a widespread belief that lack of education contributes to public apathy climate change. Yet, despite the global campaign promote as tool combat warming, empirical evidence on causal effect literacy and pro-environmental behaviours remains scarce. Using raising minimum school leaving age law in England from 15 16 years September 1972 natural experiment, we show remaining result...

BACKGROUND Pain-related worry is distinct from, but related to, pain catastrophizing (PC) and anxiety. Worry and its relationship with other variables have been studied in people with chronic pain but not in people with chronic orofacial pain. The authors explored the prevalence of trait, general and pain-related worry and the association of worry with higher pain levels and other variables. ...