has occurrent part
mood process
anxious mood
A mood process that is a generalised feeling of fearfulness and gives rise to a heightened disposition to experience anxiety, fear and other negatively valenced emotions.
Experiencing 'anxious mood' can give rise to 'anxiety'. An 'anxious mood' does not have an object, but involves generalised feeling of anxiety that a person experiences. In contrast, 'anxiety' will be about something, even if this object is not well-specified.
negative valence