Winnie Eng

TL;DR: The authors developed an 18-item measure, the ASI-3, which assesses the 3 factors best replicated in previous research: Physical, Cognitive, and Social Concerns and displayed generally good performance on other indices of reliability and validity, along with evidence of improved psychometric properties over the original ASI.

TL;DR: The authors explored the hope and optimism constructs and their unique variances in predicting life satisfaction and found that the agency subscale of the Adult Hope Scale was the better predictor of life satisfaction in both studies.

TL;DR: A cluster analysis of the Revised Adult Attachment Scale revealed that 118 patients with social anxiety were best represented by anxious and secure attachment style clusters, which exhibited more severe social anxiety and avoidance, greater depression, greater impairment, and lower life satisfaction than members of the secure attachment cluster.

TL;DR: Findings provide further support for the assertion that social anxiety disorder has important implications for clients' quality of life and that CBGT can successfully impact several domains of satisfaction.

TL;DR: GAD participants reported less secure attachment to their parents than control participants but reported similar levels of attachment to peers and perceived social support, and there were no significant differences between the friends of the GAD participants andFriends of the control participants on ratings of their friendships quality.