Worrying too much? It can harm your relationship!

According to Case Western Reserve psychologist Amy Przeworski,such individuals suffer from generalized anxiety disorder GAD.

Individuals with GAD frequently put social relationships with family,friends,or co-workers at the top of their lists of worries,but the negative methods they use to cope 8212; from over nurturing to extreme detachment 8212; may be destructive.

Przeworski and colleagues at Penn State University observed that people in therapy for GAD manifested their worries in different ways based on how they interact with other people.

In two studies,the researchers found four distinct interactive styles prominent among people with GAD 8212; intrusive,cold,non-assertive and exploitable.

Both studies supported the presence of these four interpersonal styles and their significant role in how people with GAD manifested their worrying.

All individuals with these styles worried to the same extent and extreme,but manifested those worries in different ways, said Przeworski.

The study has been published in the Journal of Abnormal Psychology.