Emotions into Disorder
Anxiety Disorders and the Social Meaning of Fear
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2049566 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jennifer J Esala (0000-0001-6172-2574, The Center for Victims of Torture, corresponding author), Jared Del Rosso (University of Denver) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 43 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 235-256 |
| Publication date | 2020-05-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Symbolic Interaction (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0195-6086 • E-ISSN: 1533-8665 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/symb.450 |
| OpenAlex | W2964677112 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 57 |
This article explores what we refer to asnorm-stimuli-state discrepancies, which are disparities between people's physical-emotional responses to emotional cues and the normative meanings of those cues. Drawing on forty qualitative interviews and participant observation research at support groups, we show that people with anxiety disorders describe two forms of norm-stimuli-state discrepancies. The first form involves discrepancies oftype, in which people label fearful emotional states as deviant for being caused by the 'wrong' stimuli. The second involves discrepancies ofintensity, in which people label fearful states as deviant for involving feelings or displays of 'too much' anxiety in response to an 'appropriate' stimuli. The article further addresses the role of stimuli in prompting treatment seeking. Unexpected and intense emotional distress in combination with the falling away of external cues-which we refer to as 'stimuli-less fear'-serve as a critical juncture on the path to an anxiety disorder diagnosis
Anxiety · Cognitive psychology · Developmental psychology · Distress · Feeling · Normative · Clinical Psychology · Emotional Labor in Professions · Emotions and Moral Behavior · Mental Health Treatment and Access · Psychology · Social Psychology
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Discipline and Punish
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Reflexivity and Emotions
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Naming and Framing
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The social construction of reality
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Emotion work and emotion rules
Being Mentally Ill
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Emergent Objects, Developing Practices
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| Citations per year | 0.33 |
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| Citation span | 2023 - 2023 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |