Manifest Anxiety as Reflecting Commitment to the Psychological Present at the Expense of Cognitive Futurity.

Rychlak, Joseph F.

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Publication Date: 1972

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Manifest Anxiety as Reflecting Commitment to the Psychological Present at the Expense of Cognitive Futurity

Rychlak, Joseph F.

Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 38, 1, 70-79, Feb 72

After postulating that anxiety commits the individual to the psychological present, to the detriment of long-range cognitive projections, a series of three data collections are presented. The clearest support for a cognitive interpretation of anxiety is to be noted in the disturbed future time perspective, which all three data collections support. (Author)

Descriptors: Anxiety, Cognitive Objectives, Emotional Disturbances, Psychological Patterns

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