The Involvement of Cognitive Schemas in the Manifestation of Anxiety According to Sex

The assumed purpose of this study is to show the gender differences in the manifestation of anxiety both as a condition and as a feature; the studies show that – up to the present moment – women present a higher susceptibility to this disorder. Anxiety states are characterized by subjective feelings of tension, worry, mistrust and nervousness and by the arousal of the central nervous system at a certain intensity. Anxiety trait refers to relatively stable individual differences in the process of anxiety or to the differences between people in their tendency to perceive a stressfull situation as dangerous or threatening.