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Psychopathy, Repression-Sensitization, and Anxiety

Psychological Reports, 1971
This study investigated the hypothesis that psychopathic prisoners classified on the basis of MMPI profiles should have lower scores on the Repression-Sensitization (R-S) scale than prisoners manifesting psychiatric disturbance or normal prisoners.
D G, Kilpatrick, N R, Cauthen, J C, Roitzsch   +2 more
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Anxiety sensitivity in essential hypertension

Stress Medicine, 1992
AbstractA possible role of anxiety in the pathogenesis of essential hypertension is still controversial. We included the new concept of anxiety sensitivity (ie fears of anxiety symptoms) in the psychometric evaluation of hypertensive patients. Twenty patients with essential hypertension successfully managed by nifedipine and 20 normal subjects were ...
PAGOTTO U, FALLO, FRANCESCO, FAVA GA, BOSCARO, MARCO, SONINO, NICOLETTA   +4 more
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Anxiety sensitivity in six countries

Behaviour Research and Therapy, 2003
In the present study, the Anxiety Sensitivity Index-Revised (ASI-R; ) was administered to a large sample of persons (n=2786) from different cultures represented in six different countries: Canada, France, Mexico, The Netherlands, Spain, and the United States.
Zvolensky, MJ, Arrindell, WA, Taylor, S, Bouvard, M, Cox, BJ, Stewart, SH, Sandin, B, Cardenas, SJ, Eifert, GH   +8 more
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Anxiety sensitivity within the anxiety disorders: Disorder-specific sensitivities and depression comorbidity

Behaviour Research and Therapy, 2007
The tendency to perceive anxious states as aversive and harmful is hypothesized to confer vulnerability to the development of anxiety disorders. The most commonly used measure of anxiety sensitivity, the Anxiety Sensitivity Index [ASI; Reiss, S., Peterson, R.A., Gursky, D.M., & McNally R.J. (1986).
Neil A, Rector, Kate, Szacun-Shimizu, Michelle, Leybman   +2 more
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Pain-related anxiety and anxiety sensitivity across anxiety and depressive disorders

Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 2009
Fear-anxiety-avoidance models posit pain-related anxiety and anxiety sensitivity as important contributing variables in the development and maintenance of chronic musculoskeletal pain [Asmundson, G. J. G, Vlaeyen, J. W. S., & Crombez, G. (Eds.). (2004). Understanding and treating fear of pain. New York: Oxford University Press].
R Nicholas, Carleton, Murray P, Abrams, Gordon J G, Asmundson, Martin M, Antony, Randi E, McCabe   +4 more
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The role of parental anxiety sensitivity and learning experiences in children's anxiety sensitivity

British Journal of Developmental Psychology, 2017
This study evaluated the impact of the mother's and father's anxiety sensitivity ( AS ) and learning experiences on children's AS , and the influence of two moderators: the children's femininity ...
Stassart, Céline, Dardenne, Benoît, Etienne, Anne-Marie   +2 more
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Anxiety sensitivity and its dimensions across the anxiety disorders

Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 2006
Anxiety sensitivity (AS) refers to the fear of anxiety-related sensations, which is thought to arise from beliefs about their harmful consequences. AS is a multidimensional construct that consists of fears of somatic, social, and cognitive aspects of anxiety.
Brett, Deacon, Jonathan, Abramowitz
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Anxiety sensitivity, anxiety frequency and the prediction of fearfulness

Behaviour Research and Therapy, 1986
Abstract A distinction is proposed between anxiety (frequency of symptom occurrence) and anxiety sensitivity (beliefs that anxiety experiences have negative implications). In Study 1, a newly-constructed Anxiety Sensitivity Index (ASI) was shown to have sound psychometric properties for each of two samples of college students.
S, Reiss, R A, Peterson, D M, Gursky, R J, McNally   +3 more
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Anxiety sensitivity and worry

Personality and Individual Differences, 2005
Abstract Anxiety sensitivity (AS), the fear of one’s response to anxiety provoking stimuli, has been correlated with anxiety disorders and has been theorized to be a risk factor in the development of anxiety disorders. Consistent with prior research ( Dugas, Gosselin, & Ladouceur, 2001 ) it was hypothesized that AS and varying levels of worry share ...
Mark Floyd, Amber Garfield, Marcus T. LaSota   +2 more
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Anxiety sensitivity in agoraphobia

Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 1990
The factor structure of the Anxiety Sensitivity Index was assessed in 166 agoraphobic clients who had applied to a behavioral treatment programme and 120 age and sex-matched normal controls. In both samples a four factor solution emerged as the most useful, and it explained more than 60% of the total variance. The item loading in the agoraphobic sample
Jane Wardle, Tayseer Ahmad, Peter Hayward   +2 more
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