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Associations between birth-related stressors, social reward responsiveness, and postpartum internalizing symptoms. 出生相关压力源、社会奖励反应和产后内化症状之间的关系。

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Anxiety Stress and Coping Pub Date : 2026-11-01 Epub Date: 2026-03-30 DOI: 10.1080/10615806.2026.2620592

Emilia F Cárdenas, Maya Jackson, Julia Garon-Bissonnette, Kate L Harkness, Kathryn L Humphreys, Autumn Kujawa

{"title":"Associations between birth-related stressors, social reward responsiveness, and postpartum internalizing symptoms.","authors":"Emilia F Cárdenas, Maya Jackson, Julia Garon-Bissonnette, Kate L Harkness, Kathryn L Humphreys, Autumn Kujawa","doi":"10.1080/10615806.2026.2620592","DOIUrl":"10.1080/10615806.2026.2620592","url":null,"abstract":"Background and objectives: Birth-related stressors and reward processing are associated with postpartum internalizing symptoms. We examined main effects and interactions of reward processing and birth-related stressors on postpartum internalizing symptoms.Design: Cross-sectional.Methods: Women (n = 95) completed the Birth Experience Interview and questionnaires at 8-weeks postpartum. In addition, while electroencephalogram (EEG) data were collected, participants completed a Social Incentive Delay task to measure neural responses to feedback indicating a correct response and receipt of a social reward (photo of own infant) vs. feedback indicating an incorrect response and neutral outcome. EEG analyses focused on reward positivity (RewP) to reward feedback, adjusting for responses to neutral feedback. Participants completed questionnaires on depressive, anxiety, and traumatic intrusion symptoms.Results: Greater birth-related severity and violations of expectations during childbirth were associated with more traumatic intrusion symptoms, but not depressive or anxiety symptoms. Surprisingly, an enhanced social RewP was associated with greater depression and anxiety symptoms. Social RewP moderated associations between birth experiences and postpartum traumatic intrusions; greater violation of expectations was associated with greater traumatic intrusions for those with relatively larger social RewP.Conclusions: Results support the utility of using dimensions of birth-related stressors as well as ERPs for measuring individual differences in reward processing relevant to postpartum internalizing symptoms.","PeriodicalId":51415,"journal":{"name":"Anxiety Stress and Coping","volume":" ","pages":"701-715"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2026-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13326675/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147576553","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Anxiety-buffer disruption in combat soldiers: the contributions of exposure to combat-related threats, attachment anxiety, and ideological threat to mental health and addiction. 战斗士兵的焦虑缓冲中断：暴露于战斗相关威胁、依恋焦虑和意识形态威胁对心理健康和成瘾的贡献

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Anxiety Stress and Coping Pub Date : 2026-11-01 Epub Date: 2026-05-11 DOI: 10.1080/10615806.2026.2669926

Uri Lifshin, Vera Skvirsky, Merav Vider, Ariel Kor, Shaul Lev-Ran, Mario Mikulincer

{"title":"Anxiety-buffer disruption in combat soldiers: the contributions of exposure to combat-related threats, attachment anxiety, and ideological threat to mental health and addiction.","authors":"Uri Lifshin, Vera Skvirsky, Merav Vider, Ariel Kor, Shaul Lev-Ran, Mario Mikulincer","doi":"10.1080/10615806.2026.2669926","DOIUrl":"10.1080/10615806.2026.2669926","url":null,"abstract":"Background: We applied the existential-social psychological perspective of anxiety buffer disruption theory to explain the emergence of psychopathological reactions - post-traumatic stress (PTS) symptoms, depression, anxiety, and substance and behavioral addictions - following exposure to combat-related threats.Method: Israeli reserve soldiers in the Swords of Iron war (N = 357) completed measures of exposure to combat-related threats during the war, attachment anxiety, political voting, mental health (PTS, anxiety, depression) and problematic substance use and behavioral addictions.Results: In support of our hypotheses, exposure to combat-related threats was associated with increased severity of PTS symptoms, depression, and problematic alcohol consumption, especially among soldiers with high levels of attachment anxiety and those who voted for left/center-wing political opposition parties (for whom the war might be experienced as a threat to their political views). Among left/center-wing political opposition voters, there were also indirect effects of exposure to combat-related threats, attachment anxiety, and political voting on depression, anxiety, and substance and behavioral addictions via PTS severity.Conclusions: Findings highlight the transdiagnosis quality of anxiety buffer disruption theory, specifically of attachment anxiety and political-worldview threat, as predictors of both mental health problems and substance and behavioral addictions.","PeriodicalId":51415,"journal":{"name":"Anxiety Stress and Coping","volume":" ","pages":"653-669"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2026-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147876471","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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The contribution of combat exposure, sexist hostility, PTSD symptoms, and psychological strengths to satisfaction with life and flourishing among Israeli women veterans. 战斗暴露、性别歧视敌意、创伤后应激障碍症状和心理优势对以色列女退伍军人生活满意度和繁荣的贡献。

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Anxiety Stress and Coping Pub Date : 2026-11-01 Epub Date: 2026-05-11 DOI: 10.1080/10615806.2026.2670762

Gadi Zerach

{"title":"The contribution of combat exposure, sexist hostility, PTSD symptoms, and psychological strengths to satisfaction with life and flourishing among Israeli women veterans.","authors":"Gadi Zerach","doi":"10.1080/10615806.2026.2670762","DOIUrl":"10.1080/10615806.2026.2670762","url":null,"abstract":"This study examined the associations between combat exposure, sexist hostility, PTSD symptoms, and psychological strengths (hope, gratitude, and meaning-centered coping) with satisfaction with life (SWL) and flourishing among Israeli female combat and non-combat veterans. A cross-sectional study was conducted among 811 discharged Israeli female veterans (combat veterans: n = 453; non-combat veterans: n = 358), who completed self-report measures. Results show that combat veterans reported higher levels of combat exposure, sexist hostility, PTSD symptoms, and flourishing, but not SWL, compared to non-combat veterans. Across both groups, PTSD symptoms were negatively associated with SWL and flourishing, while hope, gratitude, and meaning-centered coping were positively associated with both outcomes. Findings suggest that while Israeli female combat veterans face elevated psychological risk, they may also experience greater flourishing. Psychological strengths such as hope, gratitude, and meaning-centered coping are robust predictors of well-being and may be important targets for intervention.","PeriodicalId":51415,"journal":{"name":"Anxiety Stress and Coping","volume":" ","pages":"771-785"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2026-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147876514","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Anxiety predicts anticipatory emotional states, whereas fear predicts immediate responses: psychophysiological evidence from a virtual reality study. 焦虑预示着预期的情绪状态，而恐惧预示着立即的反应：来自虚拟现实研究的心理生理学证据。

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Anxiety Stress and Coping Pub Date : 2026-11-01 Epub Date: 2026-07-07 DOI: 10.1080/10615806.2026.2692913

Dino Krupić, Ivana Vinković, Helena Lisac Jug

{"title":"Anxiety predicts anticipatory emotional states, whereas fear predicts immediate responses: psychophysiological evidence from a virtual reality study.","authors":"Dino Krupić, Ivana Vinković, Helena Lisac Jug","doi":"10.1080/10615806.2026.2692913","DOIUrl":"10.1080/10615806.2026.2692913","url":null,"abstract":"Fear and anxiety differ in their causes and psychophysiological responses to acute stress. While anxiety occurs before the threat, fear is activated in the immediate presence of the threat. In this study, virtual reality was used to induce fear of heights, corresponding to the defensive behavior of freezing. In a sample of 98 participants, a freezing response was successfully induced and tracked using both subjective indicators of stress and electrodermal activity (EDA). Additionally, the Stress Silhouette test was used to identify areas of muscular tension in the body; the Questionnaire of Approach and Avoidance Motivation (QAAM) measured stable individual differences in the experience of fear and anxiety; and the Tonic Immobility Scale (TIS) was used to track momentary emotional states during stress induction. Results support the distinction between anxiety and fear: anxiety predicted anticipatory subjective distress and EDA, whereas fear predicted only subjective distress during direct exposure to the stressor. Furthermore, no correlation was found between subjective distress and EDA, and a body map of muscle tension during the freezing experience was explored. The findings of this study are largely consistent with previous research and theoretical expectations and highlight the utility of VR for studying defensive responses in humans.","PeriodicalId":51415,"journal":{"name":"Anxiety Stress and Coping","volume":" ","pages":"716-730"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2026-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148406822","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Brief mindfulness meditation based on Buddhist Anapanasati regulates stress response in young Chinese males. 基于佛教Anapanasati的短暂正念冥想调节中国年轻男性的压力反应。

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Anxiety Stress and Coping Pub Date : 2026-11-01 Epub Date: 2026-04-07 DOI: 10.1080/10615806.2026.2655786

Xiao-Na Zhou, Jun-Lan Liu, Jia-Hui Guo, Qi-Qi Ge, Shi-Yang Zhong, Chun-Lei Jiang

{"title":"Brief mindfulness meditation based on Buddhist Anapanasati regulates stress response in young Chinese males.","authors":"Xiao-Na Zhou, Jun-Lan Liu, Jia-Hui Guo, Qi-Qi Ge, Shi-Yang Zhong, Chun-Lei Jiang","doi":"10.1080/10615806.2026.2655786","DOIUrl":"10.1080/10615806.2026.2655786","url":null,"abstract":"Objectives: This study aimed to evaluate the efficacy and mechanisms of a two-week Brief Mindfulness Meditation (BMM) intervention for stress and emotion dysregulation in young Chinese men.Design and method: In a randomized controlled trial, with 85 male participants (aged 20-30) were assigned to either a two-week BMM intervention (15 min daily) or a control group with neutral audio interventions. Pre- and post-intervention assessments included physiological (HRV, cortisol), psychological (PSS, PANAS) and mindfulness-related outcomes (FFMQ).Results: Compared with the control group, the BMM group showed significant reductions in perceived stress (-5.00, 95% CI [-9.50, -0.52]) and LF/HF ratio (-0.65, 95% CI [-1.16, -0.13]), as well as significant increases in positive affect (7.39, 95% CI [3.81, 10.97]) and Acting with Awareness. Mediation analyses further indicated that the effect on positive affect was fully mediated by a reduction in perceived stress, whereas the effect on negative affect was partially mediated by an enhancement in Acting with Awareness.Conclusions: BMM effectively reduces stress and promotes emotional well-being in young men through distinct mechanisms: it enhances positive affect by lowering perceived stress and mitigates negative affect by cultivating an awareness-based approach to acting.","PeriodicalId":51415,"journal":{"name":"Anxiety Stress and Coping","volume":" ","pages":"670-685"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2026-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147635015","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Global prevalence of technostress among users of information and communication technologies: a meta-analysis and meta-regression analysis. 信息和通信技术用户中技术压力的全球普遍性：一项荟萃分析和荟萃回归分析。

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Anxiety Stress and Coping Pub Date : 2026-11-01 Epub Date: 2026-04-18 DOI: 10.1080/10615806.2026.2659812

Serena Say Lin Phua, Ying Lau, Wen Wei Ang, Syarah Binte Hassan Nur, Patrick Cheong-Iao Pang, Sai Ho Wong

{"title":"Global prevalence of technostress among users of information and communication technologies: a meta-analysis and meta-regression analysis.","authors":"Serena Say Lin Phua, Ying Lau, Wen Wei Ang, Syarah Binte Hassan Nur, Patrick Cheong-Iao Pang, Sai Ho Wong","doi":"10.1080/10615806.2026.2659812","DOIUrl":"10.1080/10615806.2026.2659812","url":null,"abstract":"Background: Technostress can harm the performance and well-being of users of information and communication, but no review has determined its global prevalence.Objectives: This systematic review (1) investigates the global prevalence of high technostress among information and communication technologies (ICT) users and (2) identifies the factors affecting the prevalence estimates.Methods: A comprehensive three-step search was conducted across nine databases. The meta and metafor packages in R software were used to perform meta-analyses, subgroup analyses, and meta-regression analyses. The random effect model, the Hartung-Knapp-Sidik-Jonkman method, along with the Freeman-Tukey double arcsine transformation, was employed. A mixed methods appraisal tool was used to evaluate the studies' quality. Certainty of evidence was assessed.Results: A total of 65 prevalence results in 61 publications involving 18,535 ICT users across 23 countries were included. The global prevalence of high technostress was 40% [95% CI: 32% to 49%]. Subgroup and meta-regression analyses revealed that country development, types of technostress, pandemic period, and the years of publication significantly influenced the prevalence estimates.Conclusion: Technostress requires a gold standard of definition and measure. Organizations should therefore implement preventive and protective measures to reduce the risk of developing technostress and minimize its adverse effects.","PeriodicalId":51415,"journal":{"name":"Anxiety Stress and Coping","volume":" ","pages":"731-756"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2026-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147717461","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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The more perceived neijuan, the more lying flat? The mediating role of self-efficacy. 越觉内敛，越躺平？自我效能感的中介作用。

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Anxiety Stress and Coping Pub Date : 2026-11-01 Epub Date: 2026-09-15 DOI: 10.1080/10615806.2026.2627418

Xi Li, Yanhui Xiang

{"title":"The more perceived neijuan, the more lying flat? The mediating role of self-efficacy.","authors":"Xi Li, Yanhui Xiang","doi":"10.1080/10615806.2026.2627418","DOIUrl":"10.1080/10615806.2026.2627418","url":null,"abstract":"Background: The rise of \"neijuan\" - defined as irrational overexertion with minimal reward - and \"lying flat\", which refers to a withdrawal from stress and limited opportunity, has become a significant social phenomenon in China. However, both the relationship among these concepts and the underlying psychological mechanisms remain under-explored. The study investigates how perceived neijuan impacts adolescents' tendency to lie flat and explores the mediating role of self-efficacy.Methods and results: Using a diary method, we conducted a 12-day (workdays) survey of 191 middle school students (107 males, Mage = 12.72, SDage = 0.54) from mainland China. The result showed that perceived neijuan significantly predicted lying-flat tendency the following day (γ10 = 0.05, SE = 0.02, t = 2.12, p = 0.035). Furthermore, perceived neijuan indirectly influenced lying flat tendency through self-efficacy both within-person (a*b = 0.022, 95% CI = [0.003, 0.040]) and between-person levels (a*b = 0.120, 95% CI = [0.041, 0.199]).Conclusions: The findings offer insights for interventions to help adolescents manage stress and adopt more adaptive coping strategies. Additionally, the study further extends the coping theory of stress evaluation, emphasizing the association between primary and secondary evaluations and extending its application to the modern context of neijuan.","PeriodicalId":51415,"journal":{"name":"Anxiety Stress and Coping","volume":" ","pages":"686-700"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2026-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148978591","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Vagal flexibility moderates stress and burnout facets link in early childhood educators. 迷走神经弹性调节幼儿教育工作者压力与倦怠的关系。

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Anxiety Stress and Coping Pub Date : 2026-11-01 Epub Date: 2026-05-25 DOI: 10.1080/10615806.2026.2674161

Yael Rozenblatt-Perkal, Naama Atzaba-Poria, Noa Gueron-Sela

{"title":"Vagal flexibility moderates stress and burnout facets link in early childhood educators.","authors":"Yael Rozenblatt-Perkal, Naama Atzaba-Poria, Noa Gueron-Sela","doi":"10.1080/10615806.2026.2674161","DOIUrl":"10.1080/10615806.2026.2674161","url":null,"abstract":"Background: Teachers' well-being is crucial for effective learning environments. This study examined the relation between stress and burnout facets (emotional exhaustion (EE) and personal accomplishment (PA)) among early childhood educators, exploring the moderating role of vagal flexibility (VF; i.e., an index of change in parasympathetic nervous system functioning across time). High VF is theorized to reflect heightened sensitivity to environmental conditions, amplifying contextual effects. We hypothesized that: (1) higher psychological stress will be related to higher EE and lower PA; (2) VF will be associated with burnout facets; and (3) VF will moderate the stress-burnout facets link, with the association being strongest among teachers with high VF.Design and methods: In this cross-sectional study, 117 early childhood educators completed questionnaires on psychological stress (DASS-21) and sense of professional burnout (MBI-ES). VF was assessed as nonlinear changes in respiratory sinus arrythmia (RSA) while participants viewed videos of children exhibiting distress.Results: Higher psychological stress was related to greater EE, but not to PA. As hypothesized, VF moderated this relation: stress was positively associated with EE only among educators with high VF, but not among those with low VF.Conclusions: Findings highlight the role of dynamic physiological functioning in stress-burnout processes.","PeriodicalId":51415,"journal":{"name":"Anxiety Stress and Coping","volume":" ","pages":"757-770"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2026-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148018687","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Big ideas series: avoidance-to-embrace: the death discontinuity continuum between panic disorder and acute suicidal affective disturbance. 大思想系列：从逃避到拥抱：恐慌症和急性自杀情感障碍之间的死亡间断连续体。

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Anxiety Stress and Coping Pub Date : 2026-11-01 Epub Date: 2026-05-07 DOI: 10.1080/10615806.2026.2669928

Morgan Robison, Nikhila S Udupa, Andrew Kurtz, Marie Campione, Sara Prostko, Thomas E Joiner

{"title":"Big ideas series: avoidance-to-embrace: the death discontinuity continuum between panic disorder and acute suicidal affective disturbance.","authors":"Morgan Robison, Nikhila S Udupa, Andrew Kurtz, Marie Campione, Sara Prostko, Thomas E Joiner","doi":"10.1080/10615806.2026.2669928","DOIUrl":"10.1080/10615806.2026.2669928","url":null,"abstract":"Background: Acute Suicidal Affective Disturbance (ASAD) is a proposed clinical diagnosis characterized by sudden, intense escalations in suicidal intent, profound social and self-alienation, hopelessness, and heightened physiological arousal. Unlike traditional linear frameworks implying an \"ideation-to-action\" trajectory, ASAD captures temporally discrete, high-risk states occurring within hours or days. Although accumulating evidence supports the construct validity of ASAD, direct research remains constrained by ethical and practical challenges.Objectives: This paper proposes Panic Disorder (PD) as a useful analogue for advancing the study of ASAD. The two share phenomenological features, including abrupt affective surges, intense physiological activation, and compromised cognitive control. Importantly, PD offers an experimentally tractable and ethically feasible model: panic-like states can be reliably induced and studied through well-established paradigms (e.g., CO₂ inhalation, interoceptive exposure). Leveraging PD as a proxy provides a unique opportunity to examine underlying mechanisms of ASAD while bypassing the risks inherent to provoking suicidal crises.Methods: We propose a Discontinuity Continuum Model, positioning PD and ASAD along a shared spectrum of death-related affective experiences, separated by a psychological threshold of suicidal desire.Conclusion: By integrating insights from panic science into ASAD research, new pathways for mechanistic discovery, diagnostic refinement, and development of targeted interventions will likely emerge.","PeriodicalId":51415,"journal":{"name":"Anxiety Stress and Coping","volume":" ","pages":"639-652"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2026-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147845985","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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The gender gap in math anxiety (and in the link between math anxiety and math achievement) is not so salient when other anxieties are controlled for. 当其他焦虑得到控制时，数学焦虑（以及数学焦虑与数学成绩之间的联系）的性别差异就不那么明显了。

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Anxiety Stress and Coping Pub Date : 2026-10-18 DOI: 10.1080/10615806.2026.2745773

Monika Szczygieł, Mateusz Hohol

{"title":"The gender gap in math anxiety (and in the link between math anxiety and math achievement) is not so salient when other anxieties are controlled for.","authors":"Monika Szczygieł, Mateusz Hohol","doi":"10.1080/10615806.2026.2745773","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10615806.2026.2745773","url":null,"abstract":"Background and objectives: Math anxiety (MA) is considered to affect math achievement and the choice of math-related educational paths, thus contributing to the gender gap in STEM careers. However, despite decades of research, the mechanisms underlying the relationships between gender, MA, and math achievement remain largely unclear. One of the reasons is that different types of anxiety and math achievement levels are rarely controlled for.Design and methods: We tested the associations between gender, MA, spatial anxiety, test anxiety, neuroticism, and math achievement in a sample of 269 adults.Results: We replicated previous findings that spatial anxiety in areas of navigation and mental manipulation, but not imagery, mediates the relationship between gender and MA. Importantly, in light of previous contradictory findings, we found that math achievement significantly mediated this relationship. Crucially, we found that gender, spatial anxiety, test anxiety, neuroticism, and math achievement together accounted for 66% of the variance in MA, with gender uniquely accounting for only 5%.Conclusions: The commonly reported gender gap in MA is less pronounced when other anxieties are controlled for, especially given that we did not observe gender differences in the strength of the relationship between MA and math achievement.","PeriodicalId":51415,"journal":{"name":"Anxiety Stress and Coping","volume":" ","pages":"1-22"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2026-10-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149221222","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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