Generalized Anxiety In Young Adults

The construct being measured is Anxiety. Anxiety is usually associated with persistent feelings of worrying. Being diagnosed with anxiety occurs when excessive worrying continuously affects the well-being and functioning of a person’s daily life. This could lead to sleeping problems or states of panic that lasts over a period of time. This study will be focusing on Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD) among young adults that attend a college intuition. The type of test that is used will be a 5 item test responses rating how an individual feels. The studies that are referenced will cover different aspects of causes of Generalized Anxiety Disorder, similar and different approaches to test this disorder, and addressing how it will affect an individual
It addresses various points about how GAD develops and how it continues. Anxiety is can be treated, but only if it In addition, the same team published a different study in 1996 about four different tests that are used on older adults. It still addresses how it is tested on young adults, but highlights how different older adults respond. Both studies emphasize older adults, but relates to GAD in young adults. Freeston, M.H., Ladouceur, R., Rhéaume, J., Letarte1, H., Gagnon, F., & Nicole Thibodeau, N., (1992) relates to the different studies used in Beck, et. (1996). Instead of a four anxiety test, Freeston, etc. (1992) conducts a similar self-report questionnaire about anxiety. It allows the participant to self-rate theiseverity of anxiety. Alberts, N.M., Hadjistavropoulos, H.D., Sherry, S.B., & Stewart, S.H. (2016) and Lenze, E.J. (2015) both addresses causes that can affect anxiety. Anxiety can be developed through different external factors rather than internal. Alberts, et. (2016) addresses how families stresses can cause anxiety response in individuals. Lenze (2015) addresses that modern technology could be a cause, but offers technology terapy for this modern
Many points were repeatedly mentioned about how GAD begins in younger adults and were later developed into late adulthood. This study gives a sense of timeframe and highlights that this disorder does not disappear. This study also addresses how late adulthood or the elderly are the least studied age group when it comes to GAD. The 1995 study emphasized a more detailed study about GAD while the 1996 focused on the four different tests that were used. It is a perfect contrast to see the differences and what was