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Systematic review reveals uncontrollable worry as a core driver of anxiety symptoms across diverse populations, suggesting therapeutic focus.
• This study reviewed 156 networks of anxiety symptoms across 78 studies. • Network data was pooled across studies using a meta-analytic technique called MAGNA. • Uncontrollable worry was the most central node, followed by breadth of worries. • Results robustly corroborate worrying as a central mechanism maintaining anxiety. • Findings were stable across samples varying in gender, nationality, and diagnosis.
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