Journal article
The relationship between anxiety and managing interpersonal difference: Implications for couples counselling
Psychotherapy and Counselling Journal of Australia, Vol.1(1), pp.1-9
2012
Abstract
This study investigated the relationship between the capacity to manage and tolerate difference in others and trait anxiety. Data was provided from a sample of 173 students from an Australian higher education institution who completed The Emotional Reactivity Subscale of the Differentiation of Self Inventory-Revised (DSI-R), The State Trait Anxiety Inventory – trait (STAI-T), and The Tolerating Interpersonal Differences Subscale of the Differentiation Factor Inventory – Revised (DFI-R). Results reveal that trait anxiety when measured by both the STAI-T and DSI-R Emotional Reactivity Subscale, is a significant inverse predictor of the capacity to tolerate interpersonal differences within close relationships. Implications of these findings for the practice of couples therapy, including the role of relationship counsellors in helping their clients learn to more effectively manage difficult emotions like anxiety more effectively, are explored.
Details
- Title
- The relationship between anxiety and managing interpersonal difference: Implications for couples counselling
- Authors
- John Meteyard (Corresponding Author) - Christian Heritage CollegeKirsty Andersen (Author) - Christian Heritage CollegeDenis J O'Hara (Author) - Abertay University
- Publication details
- Psychotherapy and Counselling Journal of Australia, Vol.1(1), pp.1-9
- Publisher
- Psychotherapy and Counselling Federation of Australia
- DOI
- 10.59158/001c.71120
- ISSN
- 2201-7089
- Organisation Unit
- University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; School of Law and Society; School of Social Sciences - Legacy
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99663997702621
- Output Type
- Journal article
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