Athygli og hliðrun : samanburður tvenns konar varnarviðbragða

Abstract

Studies indicating on one hand disadvantages/advantages of attention to threat and negative emotional states and on the other the disadvantages/advantages of avoidance as a coping strategy are described and compared. It is argued that conceptions of the role of such coping reactions in the face of adversity are crucial for strategies in the treatment of emotional disorders. Hypotheses are finally advanced aiming at an integration of apparently contradictory data in this field.