Which of These Statements Is True

question 12

Multiple Choice

Which of these statements is true?

• A) The excessive worrying of individuals with generalized anxiety disorder may be viewed as a defense mechanism that serves to ward off a deeper threat such as trauma (Borkovec, 1994; Leichsenring and Salzer, 2014).
• B) Children with an attachment pattern that is not secure will not worry that others will not take care of them (Ray, 2018).
• C) Whereas a sociocultural perspective of the etiology of anxiety disorders posits that individuals with GAD have not received positive regard that is unconditional from caregivers which leads to them to be highly critical of themselves, a humanistic approach (e.g., Rogers, 1951) asserts that societal threats, linguistic perfection, and cultural stresses may give rise to an environment in which individuals are prone to develop generalized anxiety disorder (Comer, 2015).
• D) all of the above

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