Abstract

This study aimed to address anxiety as an instinct from both theoretical and statistical perspectives. To this end the literature on anxiety was reviewed and its representative descriptions were subjected to schema theory and Chi-square analyses, respectively. By resorting to its macro-structure, the theory identifies the authorities on anxiety at the highest taxon of self as a schema while its micro-structure focuses on the authorities' words to find out which taxa of self they attribute anxiety to. To this end, Xi and Allah were chosen and Xi's words comprising her/his two cases, i.e., Model (M) case suffering from breast lumps and anxiety and Contrary (C) case suffering only from breast lumps, were subjected to Chi-square test. M case was found to be independent of C case though they both suffered from breast lumps. While Xi fails to address the independence of C case from M case, Allah, attributes it to the instinct of anxiety tackled differently by their self-theistic and polythe istic self, respectively. The results are discussed and suggestions are made for future research.

DOI: doi.org/10.63721/25JPIR0124

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