An Overview of the Studies Published in PePSIC on Anxiety in the Last 25 Years

• DOI: 10.22533/at.ed.216332301027

• Palavras-chave: Anxiety. Cognitive-behavioral. Behavior.

• Keywords: Anxiety. Cognitive-behavioral. Behavior.

• Abstract:

  Anxiety has currently compromised the quality of life of many people in the most varied situations and age groups. This study aimed to understand the evolution of research produced in the last 25 years on the subject, as well as which situations generate more anxiety, and which approaches are most researched, this way, publications published on the PePSIC website were used. The research was carried out with a search using the term anxiety, where 232 published works appeared and all were considered as the object of the research. With this study, it was possible to recognize that the most researched psychotherapeutic approach was the cognitive-behavioral one, and the age group that comprises children, young people and adolescents, presented the highest number of works carried out, however, a very small number of works with focus on anxiety in the elderly, which can and must be further explored in order to help people at this stage of life to improve their quality of life. Although the results of this study provide an overview of the publications, it was possible to conclude that there are some limitations, as papers published in PePSIC were used, so it is necessary to repeat the work on sites with indexed searches so that the overview can be more complete.