Worrying Leads to Reduced Concreteness of Problem Elaborations: Evidence for the Avoidance Theory of Worry

By J. Stöber, Sven Tepperwien, M. Staak. 2000

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Cognitive Behavioural Processes Across Psychological Disorders: A Transdiagnostic Approach To Research And Treatment (2004, background): “The reduced concreteness theory of worry (Stober, 1998; Borkovec et al. 1998; Stober et al. 2000; Stober and Borkovec 2002) proposes that the increased abstract thinking found in worry reduces visual imagery and hence reduces physiological and emotional response because abstract thoughts evoke…”
Social problem solving and trait anxiety as predictors of worry in a college student population (2002, background): “Consistent with the cognitive avoidance theory of worry (Borkovec, Shadick, & Hopkins, 1991), these two constructs might be linked because they serve a common coping function—to reduce or avoid emotional distress associated with stressful problems (see also Stöber et al., 2000).”
Reduced Concreteness of Worry in Generalized Anxiety Disorder: Findings from a Therapy Study (2002, methodology): “First, all previous studies on worry and reduced concreteness (Stöber, 1996; Stöber et al., 2000) have been conducted with nonclinical student samples.”