Sentence examples for period of worry from inspiring English sources

If endorsed, the respondents were asked whether they ever had a period of worry like this that lasted for 6 months or longer in the previous 12 months.

These findings were later replicated by East and Watts (1994) and extended by Behar, Zuellig, and Borkovec (2005) who compared a period of worry with a trauma recall condition.

Mentation was sampled before and after a five-minute period of worry during which participants engaged in either imagery of the worry topic or verbal processing of the worry topic.

For example, Borkovec and Inz (1990) demonstrated that both individuals with GAD and non-worriers reported a predominance of verbal thought during a period of worry, compared to a period of relaxation in which participants with GAD reported near equal amounts of imagery and verbal thought, and non-worriers reported a predominance of imagery.

It consisted of four stages: a five-minute baseline breathing focus phase; training in the designated type of mentation; a five-minute period of worry whilst engaging in imagery or verbal processing (depending on group allocation); and a five-minute post-worry breathing focus phase.

After a short period of worrying, the experimenter will resume the same experiment you have been working on thus far.

Even when she's recounting periods of worry and sorrow, her tone reflects a commitment to optimism, loyalty and a brisk, unsentimental courage.

One, it's of course the time-tested investment during periods of worry and uncertainty the ultimate fear hedge.

Sufferers can grapple with anything from prolonged periods of worry to avoidance of social situations to depression to food phobias and disordered eating.

However, the current study is the first to directly compare a period of verbal worry with a period of imaginal worry whilst utilizing participants' real-life worry topics.

Impact on worry persistence was assessed by categorizing the valence of thought intrusions before and after a period of instructed worry.