Anxiety sensitivity interacts with marijuana use in the prediction of anxiety symptoms and panic-related catastrophic thinking among daily tobacco users

2006 ◽  
Vol 44 (7) ◽  
pp. 907-924 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael J. Zvolensky ◽  
Marcel O. Bonn-Miller ◽  
Amit Bernstein ◽  
Alison C. McLeish ◽  
Matthew T. Feldner ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Anxiety Sensitivity ◽  
Marijuana Use ◽  
Anxiety Symptoms ◽  
Catastrophic Thinking

scholarly journals Cognitive Vulnerabilities to Anxiety

2019 ◽  
Vol 28 (2) ◽  
pp. 419-440
Author(s):  
Mirjana Sučević ◽  
Ana Kurtović
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factor ◽  
Social Anxiety ◽  
Anxiety Sensitivity ◽  
Intolerance Of Uncertainty ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Anxiety Symptoms ◽  
Cognitive Vulnerabilities ◽  
Specific Effects ◽  
Social Concerns ◽  
The Relationship

The purpose of the study was to examine the effects of personality, anxiety sensitivity, intolerance of uncertainty and self-esteem on different anxiety symptoms. A total of 436 university students completed measures of personality, anxiety sensitivity, intolerance of uncertainty, self-esteem, and symptoms of panic, worry and social anxiety. Results have shown that neuroticism, conscientiousness and psychological concerns (anxiety sensitivity) predict symptoms of panic and that psychological concerns mediate the relationship between neuroticism and panic. Worry was predicted by neuroticism, prospective and inhibitory intolerance of uncertainty and self-liking, with intolerance of uncertainty mediating between neuroticism and worry. Finally, neuroticism, openness to experiences and extraversion, as well as social concerns (anxiety sensitivity), inhibitory intolerance of uncertainty and self-liking predicted social anxiety. Social concerns, inhibitory intolerance of uncertainty and self-liking mediated the effects of neuroticism and extraversion on social anxiety. Results offer support to neuroticism being a universal risk factor and anxiety sensitivity, intolerance of uncertainty and self-esteem having specific effects on anxiety symptoms.

scholarly journals The interactive effect of anxiety sensitivity and frequency of marijuana use in terms of anxious responding to bodily sensations among youth

2009 ◽  
Vol 166 (2-3) ◽  
pp. 238-246 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julia D. Buckner ◽  
Ellen W. Leen-Feldner ◽  
Michael J. Zvolensky ◽  
Norman B. Schmidt
Keyword(s):  
Anxiety Sensitivity ◽  
Interactive Effect ◽  
Marijuana Use ◽  
Bodily Sensations

The Contribution of Experiential Avoidance and Anxiety Sensitivity in the Prediction of Health Anxiety

2010 ◽  
Vol 24 (3) ◽  
pp. 229-239 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael G. Wheaton ◽  
Noah C. Berman ◽  
Jonathan S. Abramowitz
Keyword(s):  
Anxiety Sensitivity ◽  
Experiential Avoidance ◽  
Health Anxiety ◽  
Anxiety Symptoms ◽  
Large Sample ◽  
Relative Contribution ◽  
Emotional Avoidance ◽  
Body Sensations

Anxiety sensitivity (AS) refers to a fear of arousal-related body sensations based on beliefs that such sensations are dangerous. Experiential (emotional) avoidance (EA) involves an unwillingness to endure upsetting emotions, thoughts, memories, and other private experiences. As both of these constructs are thought to be predictive of health anxiety, the present study examined their relative contribution in the prediction of health anxiety symptoms. A large sample of nontreatment-seeking participants completed measures of AS, EA, and health anxiety. An analogue sample of participants with clinical levels of health anxiety endorsed more AS and EA relative those with less health anxiety. Within the analogue sample, both AS and EA predicted health anxiety symptoms. However, whereas AS (specifically, the physical concerns domain) uniquely predicted health anxiety, EA did not contribute significantly over and above the contributions of AS. Results are also discussed in terms of the conceptualization and treatment of health anxiety.

scholarly journals Validation of Anxiety Sensitivity Index (ASI-16) on Nonclinical Sample of Rwandans: A Cross-Sectional Study

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 53
Author(s):  
Emmanuel Biracyaza ◽  
Jean Mutabaruka ◽  
Samuel Habimana
Keyword(s):  
Anxiety Sensitivity ◽  
Convergent Validity ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Anxiety Symptoms ◽  
Social Aspects ◽  
Sensitivity Index ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Present Sample ◽  
Significant Difference

Globally, anxiety diseases are the mental health concerns that increase the mortality and morbidity. Anxiety sensitivity (AS) refers to the tendency of individuals to fear anxiety-related symptoms due to the belief that these symptoms may have destructive consequences. A cross-sectional study was conducted to validate ASI-16 on a non-psychiatric sample of 90 recruited students from the University of Rwanda. The recruited participants were aged 19 to 37 years old [(Mean age (M=23.9, SD = 3.69)]. The findings confirmed a good internal consistence (Cronbach’s Alpha, α= 0.83). The results revealed the ASI-16 criterion related convergent validity of ASI-16 (r=.59; p=.000; ASI and STAI) and criterion related concurrent validity (r=.069; p=.51; ASI and BDI). Using factor analysis, the findings showed an overlapping of physical, psychological and social aspects attesting that ASI is one-dimensional tool assessing anxiety symptoms. More than a quarter (1/4) of items seemed to assess all three factors of ASI; this attested that there were interconnections between physical, psychological or cognitive and social aspects. The participants who scored highly were considered to have the anxiety symptoms. In the present sample, the t-test was computed to compare males and females on the ASI-16 total scores and showed that there was no significant difference at 5% level [(Mean of males=29.3, Mean of females=29.57), t (26.176) at p=.000]. The results confirmed that ASI-16 seems to be valid and reliable to screen anxiety symptoms in a Rwandan sample. ASI’s norms should be constructed on the Rwandan population.

scholarly journals Examining the Hierarchical Influences of the Big-Five Dimensions and Anxiety Sensitivity on Anxiety Symptoms in Children

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Erika Wauthia ◽  
Laurent Lefebvre ◽  
Kathy Huet ◽  
Wivine Blekic ◽  
Khira El Bouragui ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Anxiety Sensitivity ◽  
Big Five ◽  
Anxiety Symptoms ◽  
Five Dimensions

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.

scholarly journals Nurturant-involved parenting and adolescent substance use: Examining an internalizing pathway through adolescent social anxiety symptoms and substance refusal efficacy

2017 ◽  
Vol 31 (1) ◽  
pp. 247-260 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bridget B. Weymouth ◽  
Gregory M. Fosco ◽  
Mark E. Feinberg
Keyword(s):  
Substance Use ◽  
Social Anxiety ◽  
Longitudinal Design ◽  
Alternative Pathway ◽  
Marijuana Use ◽  
Sixth Grade ◽  
Anxiety Symptoms ◽  
Adolescent Substance Use ◽  
Cigarette Use ◽  
Adolescent Substance

AbstractResearch has clearly established the important role of parents in preventing substance use among early adolescents. Much of this work has focused on deviance (e.g., antisocial behavior, delinquency, and oppositional behavior) as a central pathway linking parenting behaviors and early adolescent substance use. This study proposed an alternative pathway; using a four-wave longitudinal design, we examined whether nurturant-involved parenting (Fall sixth grade) was inversely associated with adolescent drunkenness, marijuana use, and cigarette use (eighth grade) through social anxiety symptoms (Spring sixth grade) and subsequent decreases in substance refusal efficacy (seventh grade). Nurturant-involved parenting is characterized by warmth, supportiveness, low hostility, and low rejection. Analyses were conducted with a sample of 687 two-parent families. Results indicated that adolescents who were in families where fathers exhibited lower levels of nurturant-involved parenting experienced subsequent increases in social anxiety symptoms and decreased efficacy to refuse substances, which in turn was related to more frequent drunkenness, cigarette use, and marijuana use. Indirect effects are discussed. Findings were not substantiated for mothers’ parenting. Adolescent gender did not moderate associations. The results highlight an additional pathway through which parenting influences youth substance use and links social anxiety symptoms to reduced substance refusal efficacy.

Anxiety Sensitivity and Negative Interpretation Biases: Their Shared and Unique Associations with Anxiety Symptoms

2012 ◽  
Vol 34 (3) ◽  
pp. 332-342 ◽  
Author(s):  
Janine V. Olthuis ◽  
Sherry H. Stewart ◽  
Margo C. Watt ◽  
Brigitte C. Sabourin ◽  
Edmund Keogh
Keyword(s):  
Anxiety Sensitivity ◽  
Anxiety Symptoms ◽  
Interpretation Biases
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