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Erschienen in: Cognitive Therapy and Research 5/2018

30.03.2018 | Original Article

The Contribution of Anxiety Sensitivity to Obsessive–Compulsive and Anxiety Symptoms in a Naturalistic Treatment Setting

verfasst von: Antonia N. Kaczkurkin, Hayley Fitzgerald, Jeremy Tyler, Anu Asnaani

Erschienen in: Cognitive Therapy and Research | Ausgabe 5/2018

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Abstract

Anxiety sensitivity (AS), a fear of arousal-related sensations, is prevalent in a number of disorders. We examined the relationship between internalizing symptoms and the anxiety sensitivity components of physical, social, and cognitive concerns in a sample of 165 patients seeking treatment in a clinic specializing in cognitive behavioral therapy for anxiety-related disorders. Social anxiety symptoms were associated with greater social concerns. Cognitive concerns were characteristic of both depression and generalized anxiety symptoms, suggesting these two classes of symptoms may share AS symptomatology. Physical concerns were specifically related to panic symptoms. Although obsessive–compulsive symptoms were related to cognitive concerns using univariate regression, these symptoms were not strongly related to any of the anxiety sensitivity components when the correlation between disorders was taken into account. Thus, within the internalizing symptoms studied here, the anxiety sensitivity domains were most relevant to panic, social anxiety, generalized anxiety, and depressive symptoms and less related to obsessive–compulsive symptoms.
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Metadaten
Titel
The Contribution of Anxiety Sensitivity to Obsessive–Compulsive and Anxiety Symptoms in a Naturalistic Treatment Setting
verfasst von
Antonia N. Kaczkurkin
Hayley Fitzgerald
Jeremy Tyler
Anu Asnaani
Publikationsdatum
30.03.2018
Verlag
Springer US
Erschienen in
Cognitive Therapy and Research / Ausgabe 5/2018
Print ISSN: 0147-5916
Elektronische ISSN: 1573-2819
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10608-018-9909-6

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