The Relationship between Behavioral Activation and Inhibition Systems on the Pathological and Non-Pathological Worry

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Activation of the behavioral inhibition system plays central role in appearance of emotional and affective experiments and cause anxiety personality traits and high sensitive on the threatening stimulus. Also, it coincides with the feelings of anxiety, worries and rumination. On the other hand, it is not collected information about relationship between behavioral activation and inhibition systems with pathological and non-pathological worry. Thus, the purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between behavioral activation and inhibition systems with pathological and non-pathological worry. METHODS: This cross sectional study was performed on 220 students (120 females, 100 males) of Tabriz University dormitories. Students were selected by random cluster sampling. Behavioral Activation/Inhibition Systems Scale, Worry Domains questionnaire and Penn State Worry Questionnaire were used for data collection. Variables were measured by 5-point Likert-scale and then analyzed. FINDINGS: The mean age of participants was 22±1.74 years. The mean of inhibition system, pathological worry and non-pathological worry were 19.79±2.59, 43.89±11.94 and 49.80±22.27, respectively. Relationship between inhibition system with pathological and non-pathological worry was significant (p