Existential concerns in psychopathology: a transdiagnostic network analysis existential concerns in psychopathology [PDF]
Existential concerns, such as autonomy and identity, are often overlooked although they play an important role in psychopathology and clinical practice. The aims of this study are to investigate how existential concerns relate to psychopathological symptoms and to identify important existential concerns.
UnYoung Chavez-Baldini +7 more
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Social Withdrawal, Solitude, and Existential Concerns in Emerging Adulthood
This study aimed to investigate the ways subtypes of social withdrawal and dimensions of solitude are related to existential concerns in emerging adulthood. The links between social withdrawal/solitude and existential well-being are a highly neglected research issue.
Larry Nelson +2 more
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Vaccination anxiety when vaccinations are available: The role of existential concerns [PDF]
AbstractThis study examined how existential fears are related to COVID‐19 vaccination anxiety and followed the Terror Management Theory (TMT) by examining the contribution of two existential concerns, subjective nearness‐to‐death (SNtD) and death anxiety, to COVID‐19 vaccination anxiety during the first month of COVID‐19 vaccinations.
Ehud Bodner +3 more
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Existential concerns in OCD with aggressive and sexual obsessions
Previous research has highlighted the potential role of existential concerns (ECs) in Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD). However, empirical research has thus far only demonstrated the role of one existential issue in this disorder: namely, death anxiety.
Rachel Menzies
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Existential Concerns About Death [PDF]
Research suggests that addressing dying patients’ existential concerns can improve their quality of life. We aimed to illuminate dying patients’ existential concerns about the impending death through a descriptive analysis of semistructured interviews with 17 patients in Danish hospices.
Moestrup, Lene, Hansen, Helle Ploug
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Health professionals' reflections on existential concerns among people with obesity [PDF]
AbstractPurposeThis study aimed to describe health professionals' reflections on existential concerns among people with obesity when attempting to support them in their lifestyle change processes. For many of those affected by obesity, the condition becomes lifelong and causes existential concerns.
Britt Marit Haga +2 more
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Existential concerns and risky behavior in college students [PDF]
Substance use and sexual behavior are highly prevalent on college campuses (Arria et al., 2017; American College Health Association, 2018; Schulenberg et al., 2017). Substance misuse and risky sex can lead to adverse consequences (Furman & Collibee, 2014; Patrick & Terry-McElrath, 2016; Read, Haas. Radomski, Wickham, & Borish, 2016).
Alliegro, Marissa C., author +4 more
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Humanity’s Top Ten Existential Concerns [PDF]
Jose, Rajan, Ramakrishna, Seeram
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Existential Concerns, Worldview Beliefs, & Mental Health
Mixed-methods psychological study on interrelations of existential concerns (e.g., death anxiety), worldview beliefs (e.g., religion), and mental health (e.g., depression)
Travis J. Pashak
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Between freedom and despair: Existential challenges and contributions to person-centered and experiential therapy [PDF]
This article explores a range of contributions that existential thinking may be able to make to the theory and practice of person-centred and experiential therapy.
Cooper, Mick; id_orcid, Cooper, Mick
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