Psychodynamic Processes Involved in Anxiety Disorders

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