scholarly journals Anxiety Sensitivity Factor Structure Among Brazilian Patients with Anxiety Disorders

2008 ◽  
Vol 31 (3) ◽  
pp. 246-255 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Rachel Pessanha Gimenes Escocard ◽  
Ana Carolina Monnerat Fioravanti-Bastos ◽  
J. Landeira-Fernandez
Keyword(s):  
Anxiety Disorders ◽  
Factor Structure ◽  
Anxiety Sensitivity ◽  
Sensitivity Factor

Anxiety in Children — The Importance of the Anxiety Sensitivity Factor

2003 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 145-158
Author(s):  
Barbara Jones ◽  
Erica Frydenberg
Keyword(s):  
Anxiety Disorders ◽  
Trait Anxiety ◽  
Anxiety Sensitivity ◽  
Anxiety Symptoms ◽  
Primary School Children ◽  
Sensitivity Factor ◽  
High Anxiety ◽  
High Trait ◽  
High Trait Anxiety ◽  
High Level

Anxiety sensitivity, the fear of anxiety-related bodily sensations, is a recently ldentified construct, which has become part of the conceptualisation of anxiety. Evidence in the research literature suggests that adults who have a high level of anxiety sensitivity combined with a high level of the more traditionally recognised trait anxiety reported a significantly higher incidence of anxiety disorders. The aim of the present study was to determine whether a high level of both anxiety sensitivity and trait anxiety in children results in more anxiety symptoms and therefore may be a risk factor for developing anxiety disorders. Anxiety sensitivity, trait anxiety and anxiety symptoms were examined in a sample of 455 primary school children in Grades 3, 4, 5 and 6 at schools in metropolitan, regional and country areas of Victoria, Australia. Results revealed that children who reported high anxiety sensitivity together with high trait anxiety experienced significantly more anxiety symptoms than other children. Significant gender and age differences were also found in relation to anxiety sensitivity, trait anxiety and anxiety symptoms. Anxiety disorders are debilitating and interfere with normal development. If children with a predisposition to developing anxiety disorders could be identified as those who report high anxiety sensitivity together with high trait anxiety then early intervention could prevent the onset of anxiety disorders in adolescence or adulthood.

Factor Structure of the Anxiety Sensitivity Profile: Evidence for a Hierarchical Structure

1999 ◽  
Author(s):  
Craig N. Sawchuk ◽  
David F. Tolin ◽  
Suzanne A. Meunier ◽  
Scott O. Lilienfeld ◽  
Jeffrey M. Lohr ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Factor Structure ◽  
Hierarchical Structure ◽  
Anxiety Sensitivity ◽  
Sensitivity Profile

Merging Our Understanding of Anxiety and Exposure: Using Inhibitory Learning to Target Anxiety Sensitivity in Exposure Therapy

2021 ◽  
pp. 014544552110050
Author(s):  
Chandra L. Bautista ◽  
Ellen J. Teng
Keyword(s):  
Anxiety Disorders ◽  
Anxiety Sensitivity ◽  
Alternative Explanation ◽  
Standard Treatment ◽  
Three Dimensions ◽  
Fear Of Anxiety ◽  
Learning Research ◽  
Inhibitory Learning ◽  
Number Of Individuals ◽  
Basic Learning

Exposure-based therapies are the gold standard treatment for anxiety disorders, and recent advancements in basic and clinical research point to the need to update the implementation of exposure. Recent research has highlighted the importance of transdiagnostic factors such as anxiety sensitivity (AS), or fear of anxiety-related sensations. Elevated AS is common among all anxiety disorders and contains three dimensions, or expectancies, that can be used to guide treatment. Recently, treatments directly targeting AS have shown potential in reducing symptoms of anxiety. In addition, inhibitory learning theory (ILT) provides an alternative explanation of exposure processes based on basic learning research. ILT extends the current framework by accounting for renewal of fear, which is important given the substantial number of individuals who experience a return of symptoms following treatment. The current paper will provide an overview of ILT and discuss several ILT techniques that can be used to target AS. These two converging bodies of research hold strong potential for optimizing treatment for anxiety.

scholarly journals Risk Orientation Scale: A new clinically relevant measure of risk aversion

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gary P. Brown
Keyword(s):  
Anxiety Disorders ◽  
Factor Structure ◽  
Risk Taking ◽  
Underlying Mechanism ◽  
Mental Health Research ◽  
Clinical Samples ◽  
Research Domain Criteria ◽  
Orientation Scale ◽  
Measures Of Risk ◽  
Research Domain

Aversion to risk is a prominent factor in transdiagnostic theories of emotional problems, and it is included as an element in the research domain criteria. There is a plethora of risk scales across different domains, but most of these have notable shortcomings or are not suited for use in mental health research. The present study describes the development of the Risk Orientation Scale. Content was drawn from previous risk scales and separate classifications of risk. The factor structure of the ROS was derived in a clinically relevant sample and confirmed in two other independent non-clinical samples. The final 15-item ROS was found to have an adequate three-factor structure across clinical, general population and undergraduate student samples. Total and subscale scores covaried in the predicted direction with measures of risk taking behavior, underlying orientation towards reward and punishment, and clinical anxiety-relevant measures that have been theoretically linked to risk. The findings on the ROS thus support the idea that aversion to risk is a process that underlies anxiety disorders. The ROS can provide a brief and valid measure of this in both clinical and non-clinical populations. As it provides risk orientation towards specific domains, it can potentially aid in guiding clinicians in targeting important underlying mechanism in the treatment of anxiety disorders.

How does anxiety sensitivity vary across the anxiety disorders?

1992 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 249-259 ◽  
Author(s):  
Steven Taylor ◽  
William J. Koch ◽  
Richard J. McNally
Keyword(s):  
Anxiety Disorders ◽  
Anxiety Sensitivity

scholarly journals Moderators of Change in Social Anxiety during CBT in a Transdiagnostic, Naturalistic Treatment-Seeking Sample

2016 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 655-670 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anu Asnaani ◽  
Antonia N. Kaczkurkin ◽  
Hallie Tannahill ◽  
Hayley Fitzgerald
Keyword(s):  
Social Anxiety ◽  
Anxiety Disorders ◽  
Anxiety Sensitivity ◽  
Behavioral Therapy ◽  
Model Potential ◽  
Treatment Seeking ◽  
Fee For Service ◽  
Moderation Effect ◽  
Time Lagged ◽  
Moderate Change

Background There are a number of hypothesized underlying factors that, while present across a range of anxiety and fear-based disorders, are proposed to be specifically influential in the maintenance of social anxiety (SA) symptoms. Aims This study examined the influence of specific constructs (i.e., anxiety sensitivity, ruminative thinking, and depressive symptoms) on reduction of SA symptoms during a course of cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT). To better model potential causal relationships between observed moderators and social anxiety, time-lagged analyses between SA and significant moderators were also explored. Methods Participants (N = 107) were patients seeking treatment in a fee-for-service clinic specializing in CBT for anxiety disorders, OCD and PTSD. Participants were repeatedly assessed for a variety of symptoms and potential moderators throughout treatment. Results Even though anxiety sensitivity regarding social concerns, rumination, reflection, and depression showed significant within-and between-person relationships with SA symptoms, only rumination was found to uniquely moderate change in SA symptoms over the course of treatment. Specifically, those with higher average levels of ruminative thinking tended to improve greater on SA symptoms than those with lower levels throughout treatment. Further, this observed moderation effect was not found to significantly influence OCD, generalized anxiety, or PTSD symptoms. Finally, a bi-directional relationship was found between rumination and SA with rumination predicting subsequent changes in SA and vice versa. Conclusions High levels of ruminative thinking do not appear to be an impediment to improvement in SA symptoms in a naturalistic, treatment-seeking sample of individuals with anxiety disorders.

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