Anxiety
Dimension 420 of 1,100 · Health Lens
Anxiety measures the presence and intensity of nervous apprehension, tension, and fear-related arousal in an expression. It encompasses subjective nervousness, worry that becomes physically felt, and signs of sustained physiological activation such as shakiness, racing heart, and feeling strung up.
evidence final name · Anxiety activation
Minimal Anxiety
Expressions activating this band show little clear anxiety content or only diffuse emotional distress, occasional worry, sleep trouble, sadness, or unrelated concerns without a sustained pattern of nervous apprehension or fear arousal.
Moderate Anxiety
Expressions activating this band describe noticeable nervousness, worry, tension, and feeling overwhelmed, often with early bodily discomfort such as shakiness, gut upset, or sleep loss from worry.
High Anxiety
Expressions activating this band describe persistent nervousness with pronounced anticipatory fear and bodily arousal, including racing heart, butterflies, head pains, and a sense that something awful may happen.
Severe Anxiety
Expressions activating this band convey pervasive, continuous nervous activation experienced as being strung up all the time or as a serious nerve-related condition.
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Minimal Anxiety activation: Anxiety activation is present at a low level. Expressions activating this band reflect early or diffuse anxiety activation.
Moderate Anxiety activation: Anxiety activation is experienced here at a level consistent with formal clinical assessment and disorder-relevant measurement. Unlike the band below, where anxiety activation was characterized by the cognitive and anticipatory form, the proxy here has shifted in character. Expressions activating this band likely reflect anxiety activation at a clinical or disorder-relevant level.
Intense Anxiety activation: Anxiety activation is experienced here at a level consistent with formal clinical assessment and disorder-relevant measurement. Compared to the band below, anxiety activation is more intense and concentrated but retains the same essential character. Expressions activating this band likely reflect anxiety activation at a clinical or disorder-relevant level.
Peak Anxiety activation: Anxiety activation is present here in a general or mixed form without a single dominant facet. Unlike the band below, where anxiety activation was characterized by the clinical form, the proxy here has shifted in character. The facets that dominated at lower levels have receded. Expressions activating this band may reflect general or diffuse anxiety activation.