ANXIETY MANIFESTATION IN ADOLESCENCE

Abstract

Anxiety is part of human existence and is
characterized by a sense of imminent danger. It can be
defined as increased emotional unrest in anticipation of
danger (Rieman, 2005). It differs from fear, which is an
emotional response to an objective threatening.
Fear and anxiety are an intrinsic feature of the human
condition with adaptive function and are parts of the
normal development. The distinction between fear and
anxiety, is given by the quality of the anticipatory
experience anxiety versus fear, which focuses on a
specific object. The pathological nature of these feelings is
due to the increasing frequency of manifestations, their
severity and their abnormal pesistence.
The author presents the research done on two groups of
subjects (students in twelfth grade and students in grade
nine) to determine the differences between their share of
anxiety, and highlight the weight of one or the other forms
of anxiety (veiled or overt) and the personality factors that
cause anxiety.