| Abstract [eng] |
Anxiety disorders are identified as the most prevalent of all mental health disorder groups, particularly in a sample of young adults. Anxiety disorders can have a wide range of negative consequences in the individual's life, and both conventional and complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) are used to treat and relieve its symptoms. While the number of people using CAM has been growing strongly in the USA and Europe over the last 20 years, it has been observed that in Lithuania there is little research and evaluation of this phenomenon. This study aimed to investigate what factors predict the frequency usage of CAM for anxiety relief in young people to further develop and broaden the knowledge on these topics. 205 subjects participated in the study of which 121 (59%) were women and 84 (41%) were men, age of participants ranged between 18 to 30 years. The variables used in the study were the frequency of young adults' CAM usage in the context of their anxiety, considering additional factors such as the choice of coping strategies in problematic situations, preferred style of information processing, and the assessment of the effectiveness of the CAM. Results suggest that assessment of the effectiveness of CAM and the level of anxiety have the biggest prognostic value in predicting frequency of individual’s CAM usage. This means that the young adult's frequency usage of CAM is predicted by how favourably he/she perceives the effectiveness of CAM and by increasing levels of anxiety. |
