Worry and the Sense of Quality of Life in Young Women with Generalised Anxiety Disorder
Worry and the Sense of Quality of Life in Young Women with Generalised Anxiety Disorder

Summary/Abstract: This study examined the relationship between worry and the sense of quality of life and the differences within these variables in a group of young women with generalised anxiety disorder (GAD) (clinical group) and in a group of healthy women (control group). Sixty women, aged 20 to 34 years (M = 27.23; SD = 4.52) (clinical group) and 19 to 35 years (M = 25.37; SD = 4.30) (control group) participated in the study. The following research tools were used: the author's demographic questionnaire, the Penn State Worry Questionnaire (PSWQ) in the Polish adaptation by Janowski, and the Sense of Quality of Life Questionnaire by Straś-Romanowska et al. Correlation analysis showed a significant negative relationship between worry and the sense of quality of life - general and in the subjective and metaphysical sphere (clinical group) and in the psychophysical and psychosocial sphere (control group). It was also shown that women with GAD have higher levels of worry and lower levels of sense of quality of life than those in the control group. As worry increases, quality of life decreases, both in women with generalized anxiety syndrome and in the control group. Women with GAD have higher levels of worry and a lower sense of quality of life than women in the control group.

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