Psychodynamic Processes Involved in Anxiety Disorders study notes

Psychodynamic Processes Involved in Anxiety Disorders

1. Documentary study…………………………………………………………………………..7
1.1. Preliminaries………………………………………………………………………7
1.2. Conceptualizations of anxiety…………………………………………… ……………………..10
1.3. The spectrum of anxiety disorders…………………………………………… ……………………..11
1.3.1. Psychiatric classification of anxiety disorders…………………………..12
1.3.2. The transpersonal perspective relative to types of anxiety……………..15
1.3.3. Fear manifests in interpersonal relationships……………………………..21
1.3.4. Fear of incest…………………………………………… ……………………………2. 3
1.3.5. Sacred Horror: The Taboo……………………………. ……………………..24
1.4. Etiological and explanatory elements of anxiety – in search of a way
comprehensiveness of the phenomenon………………………….. …………………………..26
1.4.1. Affect in the Adlerian perspective…………………………………………… ……..27
1.4.2. Neurosis and anguish in existentialism…………………………………………. ..27
1.4.3. Anxiety in humanistic thinking…………………………………..28
1.4.4. The evolutionary explanation of fear………………………….. ……….29
1.4.5. Psychoanalysis…………………………………………. ………………………………..31
1.4.6. Szondian thinking – drive theory……………………………………..35
1.4.7. Cognitive perspective…………………………………………… …………………..37
1.5. Defense mechanisms and coping strategies…………………………………………. ….42
1.6. The dynamics of the psychotherapeutic process of anxiety disorders in the context
of the understanding of the symptomatic functionality……………………. …….48
1.6.1. Implicit forms of anxiety psychotherapy……………………………..48
1.6.1.1. Spiritual practices…………………………………………… ..48
1.6.1.2. Metaphor, story………………………………51
1.6.2. Psychoanalytic therapy…………………………………………… ……………………55
1.6.3. Cognitive behavioral therapy…………………………………………… …58
1.6.4. The dynamics of transpersonal therapy………………………………. …….61
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2. Applied study…………………………………………… ………………………………………… ………..64
2. 1. The objectives of the research…………………………….. ………………………………….64
2. 2. Research hypotheses……………………………………….. ……………………………………..64
2. 3. Sample…………………………………………… ………………………………………… ………..65
2. 4. Work tools……………………………………….. ……………………………………70
2. 4.1 . Psychodiagnostic tools…………………………………………… ……….70
2. 4.2. Statistical tools…………………………………………… ………………….86
2. 5. Presentation and interpretation of results……………………………………… …………..88
2. 5.1. The hypothesis of…………………………….. ……………………………………88
2. 5.2. Hypothesis b…………………………………………… ………………………………….101
2. 5.3. Hypothesis c………………………………………… ………………………………….123
2. 5.4. Hypothesis d…………………………………………… ………………………………….132
3. Conclusions…………………………………………… ………………………………………… ………………..147
4. Limits and new research directions……………………………………… ……………………………..153
5. Appendices…………………………………………… ………………………………………… ……………………155
5.1. The battery of tests / scales used to operationalize the included variables
in study……………………………………………………..…………………..155
5.2. The database with which the statistical analysis was carried out……………………………..173
6. Bibliography…………………………………………… ………………………………………… …………….182