Abstract
Worry is a cognitive process anticipating the possible consequences of a situation that affects decision-making processes beyond its adaptive function of alertness and balance of own resources to cope with situations. Early research on worry focuses on its most common causes and frequency. More recently, some studies examined people's explanations to justify high levels of worry despite the high costs involved. From this second perspec-tive, in this study, we analyze worry and its relationship with decision-making patterns in a Mexican sample (N= 116; 66 males, 50 females). We also compare the scores of the Mexican sample in decision-making patterns with those of the members of other cultures, Anglo-Saxon and Asian.
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