01797nas a2200229   4500000000100000008004100001260007600042653002800118653002300146653002700169653001500196100001800211700002800229700001500257700001900272245005500291300001100346490000600357520117600363022001401539020001401553       2003                            d  c01/2003bSociedad Española para el Estudio de la Ansiedad y el Estrés10aStress at the workplace10agroup intervention10astandardized treatment10aevaluation1 aRosario Solá1 aRosario Martínez Arias1 aAna Prados1 aJesús Martín00aThe anxiety of the subjects in the society of risk  a93-1030 v93 aWe are going into the risk society , a new form of society in which risk and anxiety ( worry) play a fundamental, and so far unknown, role. We lack of the traditional psychological supports and feelings of security, and, in addition to this, from this particular condition of anxiety, we have to face new risks (global, of socialised nature, and which can not be directly perceived by our senses). This paper examines how anxiety ( worry) affect the perception of this nowadays risks . The study takes part of a wider research project on Radiological Risk Perception and Communication, carried out within the IV Framework Programme of the European Union. This was the first research carried out in our country with a random and representative sample (n = 989) of the Spanish population. The classification of our sample according to anxiety ( worry) yielded systematic significant differences in personal risk perception and, to a lesser degree, in trust in authorities. No significant differences were found for the self- protection capability. This particular relation between anxiety and risk perception should be further analysed in the framework of the risk society.  a1134-7937  a2174-0437