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Zhang MC, Zhou N, Cao H. Approaching Temporal Dynamics in the Dimension-Level Associations Between Career Adaptability/Ambivalence and Internalizing Symptoms Among Chinese Adolescents Throughout Their High Middle School Years. J Youth Adolesc 2024; 53:2016-2031. [PMID: 38727949 DOI: 10.1007/s10964-024-01996-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2024] [Accepted: 04/25/2024] [Indexed: 08/20/2024]
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Despite the well-established associations between adolescents' internalizing symptoms and career development, it still remains unclear whether adolescents' internalizing symptoms are precursors or consequences of their career adaptability/ambivalence. Subtler nuance inherent within such association also await to be revealed, because internalizing symptoms and career development have been primarily treated as broad constructs, despite the multifaceted nature of both. To narrow such gaps, this study examined the potentially dynamic associations among career adaptability, career ambivalence, and internalizing symptoms using three-wave longitudinal data. The study collected data from 3196 Chinese adolescents (52.72% girls, mean age = 15.56 years, SD = 0.58) at Wave 1, with 2820 (attrition rate = 11.76%) participating in Wave 2 and 2568 (attrition rate = 8.93%) in Wave 3. The measurement invariance suggested that there were no significant differences across both waves and genders. This study approached associations at both broader construct levels and subtler dimension levels. Results of cross-lagged path models at broader construct levels demonstrated a unidirectional association between internalizing symptoms and career adaptability. Results of models at subtler dimension levels indicated a series of transactional links over time between career adaptability dimensions/ambivalence and depressive symptoms in particular. Career adaptability dimensions and career ambivalence predicted later anxiety symptoms rather than the reverse. Group model comparisons showed no difference across waves and genders. These findings shed light on the dynamic nature of the associations during adolescence between career adaptability/ambivalence and internalizing symptoms, particularly at subtler dimensional levels, which should be considered in relevant clinical and educational practices.
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- Faculty of Education, University of Macau, Macau SAR, China.
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- Department of Psychology, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
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Steggerda JC, Kiefer JL, Vengurlekar IN, Hernandez Rodriguez J, Pastrana Rivera FA, Gregus Slade SJ, Brown M, Moore TF, Cavell TA. Moderators of the Link Between Social Preference and Persistent Peer Victimization for Elementary School Children. JOURNAL OF CLINICAL CHILD AND ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY : THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL FOR THE SOCIETY OF CLINICAL CHILD AND ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY, AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION, DIVISION 53 2024:1-15. [PMID: 38530356 DOI: 10.1080/15374416.2024.2330062] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/27/2024]
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OBJECTIVE Current antibullying programs can reduce overall rates of victimization but appear to overlook processes that give rise to persistent peer victimization. Needed are studies that delineate the interplay between social contextual and individual difference variables that contribute to persistent peer victimization. We examined the extent to which two individual-difference variables - internalizing symptoms (IS) and anxiety sensitivity (AS) - moderated the link between children's average social preference score across the school year and their status as persistent victims. METHOD Participants included 659 4th-grade students (Mage = 9.31 years, SD = 0.50, 51.8% girls; 42.3% Latinx, 28.9% non-Hispanic White, 10.2% Pacific Islander, 7.7% Bi/Multiracial, 1.9% Black, 1.7% Asian, 1.7% Native American, and 3.4% unreported) from 10 public elementary schools in the U.S. RESULTS As expected, higher social preference scores predicted a decreased likelihood of being persistently victimized. Conversely, IS and AS were positively linked to persistent victim status. AS significantly moderated the link between social preference and persistent victim status such that for children with high AS, compared to those with AS scores at or below the mean, the negative association between social preference and persistent victim status was attenuated. CONCLUSIONS Findings provide evidence that children who experience high levels of IS and AS are at risk for being persistently victimized by peers and that high AS could signal increased risk for persistent victimization even when children are generally liked by peers. We discuss the implications of these findings for efforts to develop focused interventions for chronically bullied children.
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- Department of Psychological Sciences, University of Arkansas
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- Department of Psychological Sciences, University of Arkansas
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- Department of Psychological Sciences, University of Arkansas
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Li Y, Tian W, Liu P, Geng F. A cross-sectional analysis of the relationships between anxiety sensitivity and youth irritability: the mediated roles of insomnia and selective attention for threat. BMC Psychiatry 2023; 23:782. [PMID: 37880675 PMCID: PMC10598902 DOI: 10.1186/s12888-023-05280-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/25/2023] [Accepted: 10/13/2023] [Indexed: 10/27/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Irritability is common in multiple psychiatric disorders and is hallmark of disruptive mood dysregulation disorder. Child irritability is associated with higher risk of suicide and adulthood mental health problems. However, the psychological mechanisms of irritability are understudied. This study examined the relationship between anxiety sensitivity and irritability among youth, and further explored three possible mediated factors: selective attention for threat, delayed reward discounting, and insomnia. METHODS Participants were 1417 students (51.7% male; mean age 13.83 years, SD = 1.48) recruited from one high school in Hunan province, China. Self-report questionnaires were used to measure irritability (The Affective Reactivity Index and The Brief Irritability Test), anxiety sensitivity (The Childhood Anxiety Sensitivity Index), selective attention for threat (The Davos Assessment of Cognitive Biases Scale-attention for threat bias subscale), insomnia (The Youth Self-Rating Insomnia Scale), and delayed reward discounting (The 27-item Monetary Choice Questionnaire). Structural equation modal (SEM) was performed to examine mediated relations. RESULTS Anxiety sensitivity was modestly related to irritability and insomnia (r from 0.25 to 0.54) and slightly correlated with selective attention for threat (r from 0.12 to 0.28). However, there is no significant relationship of delayed rewards discounting with anxiety sensitivity and irritability. The results of SEM showed that selective attention for threat (indirect effect estimate = 0.04) and insomnia (indirect effect estimate = 0.20) partially mediate the relationship between anxiety sensitivity and irritability, which explained 34% variation. CONCLUSIONS Anxiety sensitivity is an important susceptibility factor for irritability. Selective attention for threat and insomnia are two mediated mechanisms to understand the relationship between anxiety sensitivity and irritability.
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- Yalin Li
- School of Psychology, Jiangxi Normal University, 99 Ziyang Ave, Nanchang, Jiangxi, 330022, China
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- Chenzhou Xiangnan Middle School, Chenzhou, China
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- Chenzhou Xiangnan Middle School, Chenzhou, China
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- School of Psychology, Jiangxi Normal University, 99 Ziyang Ave, Nanchang, Jiangxi, 330022, China.
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Investigating pathways from anxiety sensitivity to impairment in a treatment-seeking sample. J Affect Disord 2023; 324:455-462. [PMID: 36566937 DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2022.12.032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/09/2022] [Revised: 11/14/2022] [Accepted: 12/10/2022] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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BACKGROUND Previous research suggests that high anxiety sensitivity (AS) - a fear of arousal-related body sensations - may have implications not only for mental health symptoms but also for functional impairment. The aim of the present study was to examine whether elevated AS is associated with functional impairment by way of heightened anxiety symptoms and resultant depressive symptoms or unhealthy coping behaviours (i.e., alcohol use, exercise avoidance, sleep problems) in a chained mediation model. METHOD Participants were 128 treatment-seeking individuals with high AS who qualified for an anxiety, depression, or posttraumatic stress disorder diagnosis. They completed self-report measures of AS, anxiety, depression, and unhealthy coping behaviours as part of a pre-treatment assessment battery for a larger study examining the efficacy of a cognitive behavioural intervention for AS. Data were analyzed using path analysis. RESULTS Results revealed a direct association between AS and functional impairment that was partially mediated through a chained indirect pathway from AS to anxiety symptoms to depression symptoms to functional impairment. Unhealthy coping behaviours did not serve as mediators. LIMITATIONS Results are limited by the cross-sectional nature of the data. CONCLUSIONS The present findings have clinical implications insofar as supporting the relevance of reducing AS and focusing on depressive symptoms when seeking to improve clients' functioning.
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Journault AA, Plante I, Charbonneau S, Sauvageau C, Longpré C, Giguère CÉ, Labonté C, Roger K, Cernik R, Chaffee KE, Dumont L, Labelle R, Lupien SJ. Using latent profile analysis to uncover the combined role of anxiety sensitivity and test anxiety in students' state anxiety. Front Psychol 2022; 13:1035494. [PMID: 36619097 PMCID: PMC9811949 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.1035494] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/02/2022] [Accepted: 11/30/2022] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Background Studies report a growing tendency for students to experience state anxiety in schools. However, the combination of individual susceptibilities likely to trigger students' anxious states remains unclear. Aims This study examined whether distinct profiles of students emerge regarding their susceptibility to anxiety sensitivity and/or test anxiety and evaluated whether students' profile predicted anxious states. We also verified whether susceptibility profiles varied across gender, school level, and school type. Sample and methods In total, 1,404 Canadian students in Grades 5 and 10 (589 boys; M age = 15.2, SD = 2.1) from 13 public and private schools completed self-reported measures of state/trait anxiety, anxiety sensitivity, and test anxiety. Results Latent profile analyses identified four susceptibility profiles: (1) Double-susceptibility: highest anxiety sensitivity and test anxiety scores; (2) Unique-susceptibility to test anxiety: high test anxiety score and low anxiety sensitivity score; (3) Unique-susceptibility to anxiety sensitivity: high anxiety sensitivity score and low test anxiety score; and (4) No-susceptibility: lowest anxiety sensitivity and test anxiety scores. The profiles comprised 12, 9, 6, and 73% of the sample, respectively, and their membership varied across gender and school type, but not across school levels. A linear mixed-effect model showed that state anxiety varied significantly between profiles, where the Double-susceptibility profile predicted the highest state anxiety scores, followed by the two Unique-susceptibility profiles (indifferently), and the No-susceptibility profile. Conclusion Beyond their theoretical contribution to the state-trait anxiety literature, these findings suggest that selective interventions designed more specifically for students with the Double-susceptibility profile may be worthwhile. Results also highlight the high proportion of students with the No-susceptibility profile and shed light on the reassuring portrait regarding students' anxiety.
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- Audrey-Ann Journault
- Centre for Studies on Human Stress, Montréal, QC, Canada,Research Center, Institut Universitaire en Santé Mentale de Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada,Department of Psychology, Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada,*Correspondence: Audrey-Ann Journault,
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- Department of Didactics, Université du Québec à Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada
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- Centre for Studies on Human Stress, Montréal, QC, Canada,Research Center, Institut Universitaire en Santé Mentale de Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada,Department of Psychology, Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada
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- Centre for Studies on Human Stress, Montréal, QC, Canada,Research Center, Institut Universitaire en Santé Mentale de Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada
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- Centre for Studies on Human Stress, Montréal, QC, Canada,Research Center, Institut Universitaire en Santé Mentale de Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada,Department of Psychology, Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada
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- Centre for Studies on Human Stress, Montréal, QC, Canada,Research Center, Institut Universitaire en Santé Mentale de Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada,Department of Psychiatry and Addiction, Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada,Department of Psychology, Université du Québec à Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada
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- Centre for Studies on Human Stress, Montréal, QC, Canada,Research Center, Institut Universitaire en Santé Mentale de Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada
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- Research Center, Institut Universitaire en Santé Mentale de Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada,Department of Psychology, Université du Québec à Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada
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- Centre for Studies on Human Stress, Montréal, QC, Canada,Research Center, Institut Universitaire en Santé Mentale de Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada,Department of Psychology, Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada,Department of Psychiatry and Addiction, Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada
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Short NA, van Rooij SJH, Murty VP, Stevens JS, An X, Ji Y, McLean SA, House SL, Beaudoin FL, Zeng D, Neylan TC, Clifford GD, Linnstaedt SD, Germine LT, Bollen KA, Rauch SL, Haran JP, Lewandowski C, Musey PI, Hendry PL, Sheikh S, Jones CW, Punches BE, Swor RA, McGrath ME, Hudak LA, Pascual JL, Seamon MJ, Datner EM, Pearson C, Peak DA, Merchant RC, Domeier RM, Rathlev NK, O'Neil BJ, Sergot P, Sanchez LD, Bruce SE, Pietrzak RH, Joormann J, Barch DM, Pizzagalli DA, Sheridan JF, Smoller JW, Harte SE, Elliott JM, Kessler RC, Koenen KC, Jovanovic T. Anxiety sensitivity as a transdiagnostic risk factor for trajectories of adverse posttraumatic neuropsychiatric sequelae in the AURORA study. J Psychiatr Res 2022; 156:45-54. [PMID: 36242943 PMCID: PMC10960961 DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2022.09.027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/06/2022] [Revised: 08/16/2022] [Accepted: 09/16/2022] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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Anxiety sensitivity, or fear of anxious arousal, is cross-sectionally associated with a wide array of adverse posttraumatic neuropsychiatric sequelae, including symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder, depression, anxiety, sleep disturbance, pain, and somatization. The current study utilizes a large-scale, multi-site, prospective study of trauma survivors presenting to emergency departments. Hypotheses tested whether elevated anxiety sensitivity in the immediate posttrauma period is associated with more severe and persistent trajectories of common adverse posttraumatic neuropsychiatric sequelae in the eight weeks posttrauma. Participants from the AURORA study (n = 2,269 recruited from 23 emergency departments) completed self-report assessments over eight weeks posttrauma. Associations between heightened anxiety sensitivity and more severe and/or persistent trajectories of trauma-related symptoms identified by growth mixture modeling were analyzed. Anxiety sensitivity assessed two weeks posttrauma was associated with severe and/or persistent posttraumatic stress, depression, anxiety, sleep disturbance, pain, and somatic symptoms in the eight weeks posttrauma. Effect sizes were in the small to medium range in multivariate models accounting for various demographic, trauma-related, pre-trauma mental health-related, and personality-related factors. Anxiety sensitivity may be a useful transdiagnostic risk factor in the immediate posttraumatic period identifying individuals at risk for the development of adverse posttraumatic neuropsychiatric sequelae. Further, considering anxiety sensitivity is malleable via brief intervention, it could be a useful secondary prevention target. Future research should continue to evaluate associations between anxiety sensitivity and trauma-related pathology.
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- Nicole A Short
- Institute for Trauma Recovery, Department of Anesthesiology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, 27559, USA; Department of Psychology, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, NV, 89154, USA.
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, 30329, USA
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- Department of Psychology, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, 19121, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, 30329, USA
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- Institute for Trauma Recovery, Department of Anesthesiology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, 27559, USA
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- Institute for Trauma Recovery, Department of Psychiatry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, 27559, USA
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- Institute for Trauma Recovery, Department of Psychiatry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, 27559, USA; Department of Emergency Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, 27559, USA
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, 63110, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology, The Brown University School of Public Health, Providence, RI, 02930, USA
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- Department of Biostatistics, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, 27559, USA
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- Departments of Psychiatry and Neurology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, 94143, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Informatics, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, 30332, USA; Department of Biomedical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University, Atlanta, GA, 30332, USA
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- Institute for Trauma Recovery, Department of Anesthesiology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, 27559, USA
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- Institute for Technology in Psychiatry, McLean Hospital, Belmont, MA, 02478, USA; The Many Brains Project, Belmont, MA, 02478, USA; Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 02115, USA
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- Department of Psychology and Neuroscience & Department of Sociology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, 27559, USA
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- Institute for Technology in Psychiatry, McLean Hospital, Belmont, MA, 02478, USA; Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 02115, USA; Department of Psychiatry, McLean Hospital, Belmont, MA, 02478, USA
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, Worcester, MA, 01655, USA
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, 46202, USA
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Florida College of Medicine -Jacksonville, Jacksonville, FL, 32209, USA
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Florida College of Medicine -Jacksonville, Jacksonville, FL, 32209, USA
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Cooper Medical School of Rowan University, Camden, NJ, 08103, USA
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, OH, 43210, USA; Ohio State University College of Nursing, Columbus, OH, 43210, USA
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine, Rochester, MI, 48309, USA
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA, 02118, USA
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, 30329, USA
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- Department of Surgery, Department of Neurosurgery, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA; Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA
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- Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA; Department of Surgery, Division of Traumatology, Surgical Critical Care and Emergency Surgery, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Einstein Healthcare Network, Philadelphia, PA, 19141, USA; Department of Emergency Medicine, Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, 19107, USA
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Wayne State University, Ascension St. John Hospital, Detroit, MI, 48202, USA
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, 02114, USA
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, 02115, USA
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Saint Joseph Mercy Hospital, Ypsilanti, MI, 48197, USA
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School-Baystate, Springfield, MA, 01107, USA
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Wayne State University, Detroit Receiving Hospital, Detroit, MI, 48202, USA
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, McGovern Medical School at UTHealth, Houston, TX, 77030, USA
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, 02115, USA; Department of Emergency Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 02115, USA
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- Department of Psychological Sciences, University of Missouri - St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, 63121, USA
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- National Center for PTSD, Clinical Neurosciences Division, VA Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven, CT, 06516, USA; Department of Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, 06510, USA
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- Department of Psychology, Yale University, New Haven, CT, 06510, USA
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- Department of Psychological & Brain Sciences, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, 63130, USA
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- Division of Depression and Anxiety, McLean Hospital, Belmont, MA, 02478, USA
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- Division of Biosciences, Ohio State University College of Dentistry, Columbus, OH, 43210, USA; Institute for Behavioral Medicine Research, OSU Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH, 43211, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Psychiatric and Neurodevelopmental Genetics Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, 02114, USA; Stanley Center for Psychiatric Research, Broad Institute, Cambridge, MA, 02142, USA
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- Department of Anesthesiology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109, USA; Department of Internal Medicine-Rheumatology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109, USA
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- Kolling Institute, University of Sydney, St Leonards, New South Wales, 2065, Australia; Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney, Northern Sydney Local Health District, New South Wales, 2006, Australia; Physical Therapy & Human Movement Sciences, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, 60208, USA
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- Department of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 02115, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Harvard University, Boston, MA, 02115, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, 48202, USA
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Qanbari Alaee E, Saed O, Khakpoor S, Ahmadi R, Ali Mohammadi M, Yoosefi Afrashteh M, Morovati Z. The efficacy of transdiagnostic cognitive behavioural therapy on reducing negative affect, anxiety sensitivity and improving perceived control in children with emotional disorders - a randomized controlled trial. RESEARCH IN PSYCHOTHERAPY: PSYCHOPATHOLOGY, PROCESS AND OUTCOME 2022; 25. [PMID: 35532025 PMCID: PMC9153761 DOI: 10.4081/ripppo.2022.588] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/22/2021] [Accepted: 03/08/2022] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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In response to the high rate of comorbidity among different types of emotional disorders in children, Transdiagnostic Unified Protocol of Emotional disorder in children (UP-C) was developed to address common underlying mechanisms in the development and maintenance of emotional disorders using empirically supported cognitive and behavioural strategies. Although, studies supported the effectiveness of this protocol in the treatment of wide range of emotional disorders, further studies are needed to examine its effect on transdiagnostic factors. The present study aimed to investigate the efficacy of the UP-C on negative affect, anxiety sensitivity and perceived control in children with emotional disorders. During this randomized controlled trial, 34 children aged 7 to 13 with emotional disorders were randomly assigned to treatment (n=18) and control (n=16) groups. The treatment group and their parents received 15 sessions of UP-C. Negative Affect Schedule for Children (PANASNA- C), Children’s Anxiety Sensitivity Index (CASI), Anxiety Control Questionnaire-Children (ACQ-C) were carried out in all phases (pre-treatment, post-treatment, 3 and 8 months follow- up). The results showed that following UP-C, negative affect (hedges’g=2.01) and anxiety sensitivity (hedges’g=1.05) were significantly reduced, and perceived control (hedges’g= –2.36) was significantly improved. The results remained relatively constant during the follow-ups. Findings provide evidence that the UP-C has significant effect on negative affect, anxiety sensitivity and perceived control as roots of emotional disorders.
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Lanoye A, Rybarczyk B, Evans R, Leahey T, LaRose J. Pilot randomized clinical trial targeting anxiety sensitivity: effects on physical activity. Cogn Behav Ther 2021; 51:257-271. [PMID: 34374633 DOI: 10.1080/16506073.2021.1954082] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Anxiety sensitivity (AS)-the tendency to interpret anxiety as an aversive state-is associated with low rates of physical activity. Previous interventions targeting AS via exercise-based interoceptive exposure have not assessed physical activity as an outcome and are limited by brief follow-up periods. This study replicated and extended previous work by including a 6-week follow-up and assessing physical activity. Participants were 44 sedentary young adults with elevated AS randomized to intervention (six 20-minute sessions of moderate-intensity walking) or assessment-only control. Assessments of AS and physical activity were conducted at baseline and weeks 2 (post-treatment), 4, and 8. Between-group change in AS and physical activity over time was assessed using hierarchical linear modeling. The intervention condition demonstrated a marginally significant reduction in AS compared to control at week 4, which eroded by week 8. There were no significant between-group differences for change in physical activity. Findings indicate that a brief intervention might not be sufficient to produce lasting changes in AS or related exercise avoidance without additional treatment. Intervention effects were weaker than previous reports, which may be due to the greater racial/ethnic diversity of the current sample. Future research should objectively measure physical activity and explore individual variability in response.ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT03128437.
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- Autumn Lanoye
- Department of Health Behavior and Policy, Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine, Richmond, VA, USA.,Massey Cancer Center, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, USA
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- Department of Psychology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, USA
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- Department of Kinesiology & Health Sciences, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, USA
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- Department of Allied Health Sciences, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, USA
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- Department of Health Behavior and Policy, Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine, Richmond, VA, USA
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Shaw AM, Halliday ER, Tonarely NA, Ehrenreich-May J. Relationship of affect intolerance with anxiety, depressive, and obsessive-compulsive symptoms in youth. J Affect Disord 2021; 280:34-44. [PMID: 33202336 DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2020.10.048] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/03/2019] [Revised: 09/11/2020] [Accepted: 10/25/2020] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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BACKGROUND Structural research on the construct of affect intolerance (an overarching latent construct indicated by distress tolerance and anxiety sensitivity) has only been conducted in adults. Given that a self-report measure of distress tolerance was recently validated for youth and affect intolerance may be a core mechanism of transdiagnostic interventions for internalizing disorders, we examined how affect intolerance relates to internalizing symptoms in youth. We predicted that a latent affect intolerance factor (indicated by distress tolerance and anxiety sensitivity) would be associated with self and parent-reports of youth anxiety, depressive, and obsessive-compulsive symptoms, controlling for age and gender. METHODS At a pre-treatment evaluation, youth with a primary depressive, anxiety, or obsessive-compulsive spectrum disorder (N=277) aged 8-17, and their parent, completed questionnaires. RESULTS Greater levels of the affect intolerance factor predicted greater youth- and parent-reported youth anxiety, depression, and obsessive-compulsive symptoms, controlling for age. LIMITATIONS Future research should replicate findings in a sample with a greater proportion of depressed youth and utilize experimental or longitudinal methods. CONCLUSIONS Importantly, distress tolerance and anxiety sensitivity are core transdiagnostic processes that can be targeted in cognitive-behavioral interventions. Future research should examine how transdiagnostic interventions for youth with internalizing disorders can target these cross-cutting emotional vulnerabilities.
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- Ashley M Shaw
- Florida International University, 11200 SW 8th St., AHC 1, Miami, Florida 33199.
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- University of Miami, 5665 Ponce de Leon Blvd., Coral Gables, FL 33146, USA.
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Short NA, Lechner M, Bell K, Black J, Buchanan J, Ho J, Reed G, Corzine A, Riviello R, Martin SL, Liberzon I, Rauch S, McLean SA. Anxiety Sensitivity Prospectively Predicts Increased Acute Posttraumatic Stress and Related Symptoms After Sexual Assault. J Trauma Stress 2020; 33:1111-1120. [PMID: 33179292 PMCID: PMC7726025 DOI: 10.1002/jts.22613] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/05/2020] [Revised: 08/07/2020] [Accepted: 08/18/2020] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Anxiety sensitivity is a potential risk factor for posttraumatic stress symptoms (PTSS) and has been hypothesized to contribute to PTSS development. However, few prospective studies have evaluated whether anxiety sensitivity predicts PTSS. In a subsample of 48 women sexual assault survivors enrolled as part of a larger prospective observational study, elevated anxiety sensitivity measured via a brief assessment 1 week after experiencing a sexual assault was concurrently associated with PTSS at 1 week and prospectively predicted PTSS 6 weeks after the event, with small-to-medium effect sizes, η2 p = .10, even after covarying for trauma history. Heightened anxiety sensitivity at 1-week postevent also interacted with time to predict anxiety and depression both before and after sexual assault, with medium-to-large effect sizes, ηp 2 = .21- .24. This is consistent with research linking anxiety sensitivity to PTSS, but this was the first prospective study of which we are aware to demonstrate that anxiety sensitivity in the acute posttrauma period predicts PTSS among women who have recently experienced sexual assault. Future research should use the full Anxiety Sensitivity Index to replicate findings in a larger sample and explore whether targeting anxiety sensitivity could mitigate the development of PTSS in this vulnerable population.
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- Nicole A. Short
- School of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
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- UC Health Memorial Hospital, Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA
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- Tulsa Forensic Nursing, Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA
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- Hennepin Healthcare, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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- University of Texas Health–San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, USA
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- Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
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- College of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry, Texas A&M University, Bryan, Texas, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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- School of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
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Day TN, Chong LJ, Meyer A. Parental Presence Impacts a Neural Correlate of Anxiety (the Late Positive Potential) in 5-7 Year Old Children: Interactions with Parental Sensitivity to Child Anxiety. JOURNAL OF ABNORMAL CHILD PSYCHOLOGY 2020; 48:951-963. [PMID: 32323110 DOI: 10.1007/s10802-020-00648-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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Anxiety disorders tend to onset early in development and often result in chronic impairment across the lifespan. Thus, there is substantial interest in identifying early neural markers of anxiety and leveraging these markers to better understand processes leading to anxiety. The late positive potential (i.e., LPP) indexes sustained attention to motivationally relevant stimuli; and the LPP to negative images is increased in individuals with anxiety. In the current study, we examined how parental presence impacts the LPP to threatening images in children (52.6% male) between 5 and 7 years-old (N = 78). Moreover, we explored interactions with parental sensitivity to child anxiety symptoms. Results suggest that when children are in the presence of their parent (compared to the presence of an experimenter), they displayed a larger LPP to threatening images. LPP activity was modulated by parental response to their child's anxiety symptoms, such that children with parents who were overly reactive to their children's anxiety symptoms had the greatest LPP response when viewing threatening stimuli in their parent's presence. Additionally, exploratory analyses indicated that children with clinical and subclinical anxiety were characterized by an increased LPP to negative images, but only when the LPP was measured with parents in the room. Findings are novel and extend previous work by suggesting that parents who react strongly when observing their children's anxiety symptoms in turn increase their child's engagement with threatening stimuli, thereby placing them at greater risk for anxiety.
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- Taylor N Day
- Department of Psychology, Florida State University, 1107 W Call St., Tallahassee, FL, 32304, USA
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- Department of Psychology, Florida State University, 1107 W Call St., Tallahassee, FL, 32304, USA
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- Department of Psychology, Florida State University, 1107 W Call St., Tallahassee, FL, 32304, USA.
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Hernandez Rodriguez J, Gregus SJ, Craig JT, Pastrana FA, Cavell TA. Anxiety Sensitivity and Children's Risk for Both Internalizing Problems and Peer Victimization Experiences. Child Psychiatry Hum Dev 2020; 51:174-186. [PMID: 31401756 DOI: 10.1007/s10578-019-00919-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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In this study, we examined the degree to which children's level of anxiety sensitivity (AS) was a precursor to both internalizing problems and peer victimization experiences. Participants were 581 fourth-grade children (M age = 9.31; 51.8% girls; 42.3% Hispanic/Latinx) and their teachers. Measures of AS, internalizing problems, and peer victimization were collected across a single academic year (Fall, Spring). Structural equation modeling and logistic regression analyses indicated AS predicted future internalizing symptoms as well as self- and teacher-reports of peer victimization. Also, children with heightened AS were 2.70 times more likely to reach elevated levels of self-rated peer victimization and 11.53 times more likely to have clinically elevated internalizing problems. This is the first study to examine prospectively the link between AS and children's peer victimization experiences. We discuss implications of the findings for developing preventative interventions for children at risk for peer victimization and internalizing difficulties.
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- Department of Psychology, Wichita State University, Wichita, KS, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Geisel School of Medicine, Lebanon, NH, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, USA
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- Department of Psychological Science, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR, USA
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Anxiety sensitivity, its stability and longitudinal association with severity of anxiety symptoms. Sci Rep 2019; 9:4314. [PMID: 30867472 PMCID: PMC6416311 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-39931-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2018] [Accepted: 01/31/2019] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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Anxiety sensitivity is associated with the onset of panic attacks, anxiety, and other common mental disorders. Anxiety sensitivity is usually seen as a relative stable trait. However, previous studies were inconclusive regarding the longitudinal stability of anxiety sensitivity and differed in study designs and outcomes. The current study examines the stability of anxiety sensitivity over time and its longitudinal associations with severity of anxiety symptoms. Participants from the Netherlands Study of Depression and Anxiety with and without an anxiety, depressive, or comorbid anxiety-depressive disorder diagnosis were included (N = 2052). Stability in anxiety sensitivity over two year follow-up and the longitudinal association between the change in anxiety sensitivity and change in severity of anxiety symptoms were tested. Results indicated that two-year stability of anxiety sensitivity was high (r = 0.72), yet this test-retest estimate leaves room for changes in anxiety sensitivity in some individuals as well. Change in anxiety sensitivity was positively associated with change in severity of anxiety symptoms (B = 0.64 in univariable analysis and B = 0.52 in multivariable analysis). The longitudinal association of anxiety sensitivity with severity of anxiety symptoms indicates that targeting anxiety sensitivity may be of additional benefit in clinical practice.
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Anxiety sensitivity (AS) is the perception that anxiety symptoms and experiences have negative consequences, and has been identified as a risk factor for the development of anxiety disorders. AS has been measured in adults and in children, but to date, the construct of parent's sensitivity to their children's anxiety symptoms has not been identified, measured, or evaluated. The current study presents a novel measure of this construct, the Parent Sensitivity to Child Anxiety Index (PSCAI), and an initial evaluation of its psychometric properties. Factor analysis revealed a three-factor structure consisting of parents' concern for physical symptoms, concern of social evaluation, and fear of anxiety symptoms. The PSCAI demonstrated good internal consistency, and was positively correlated with relevant parental constructs such as parental accommodation, anxiety sensitivity, and trait anxiety. This new measurement system opens new avenues for researching the early development of anxiety disorders and the possibility for novel targeted interventions.
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Sendi I, Chouikh A, Ammar A, Bouafia N. Depression in a sample of Tunisian adolescents: prevalence, associated factors and comorbidity with anxiety disorders. Int J Adolesc Med Health 2018; 33:/j/ijamh.ahead-of-print/ijamh-2018-0068/ijamh-2018-0068.xml. [PMID: 30267630 DOI: 10.1515/ijamh-2018-0068] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/04/2018] [Accepted: 06/03/2018] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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BACKGROUND Adolescent depression is a significant health problem which can lead to detrimental consequences. This study aimed to determine the prevalence of the depression in a sample of secondary school students, to identify its associated factors and to explore the co-occurrence with symptoms of anxiety disorders. MATERIALS AND METHODS We conducted, in March 2017, a cross-sectional study that included, using a cluster sampling technique, 386 students from five public secondary schools in El Kef (Tunisia). Data were collected using a socio-demographic questionnaire and the Arabic versions of the Beck Depression Inventory (13 items) and the Screen for Child Anxiety Related Disorders. Statistical analysis was performed using the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 20. RESULTS The prevalence of depression among participants was 75.9%. Of depressed students, 30.4% had mild depression, 48.8% had moderate depression and 20.8% had severe depression. The logistic regression analysis showed an association between the depression and the female gender [odds ratio (OR) = 2.59, 95% confidence interval (CI): 1.52-4.17], the 1st and 4th school grades (OR = 1.79, 95% CI: 1.09-2.94), the low and medium socioeconomic status (SES) (OR = 1.91, 95% CI: 1.14-3.18), the school dissatisfaction (OR = 2.77, 95% CI: 1.41-5.44) and the anxiety disorders (OR = 5.86, 95% CI: 3.54-9.70). The comorbidity "depression and anxiety" was found in 86.1% of students. CONCLUSION This high prevalence of depressive symptoms reported in the present study seems to have many implications especially for school health-care services.
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- Ibtissem Sendi
- Higher School of Health Sciences and Techniques, Sousse University, Rue de Tadjikistan, Sahloul II Sousse 4054, Tunisia, Phone: +21654775810
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- Department of Psychiatry, Farhat Hachad University Hospital, Sousse, Tunisia
- Ibn Al Jazzar Faculty of Medicine, Sousse University, Sousse, Tunisia
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- Department of Infection Prevention and Control, Farhat Hached University Hospital, Sousse, Tunisia
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- Department of Infection Prevention and Control, Farhat Hached University Hospital, Sousse, Tunisia
- Department of Infection Prevention and Control, King Faisal Medical Complex, Taif, KSA
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Borges AM, Lejuez CW, Felton JW. Positive alcohol use expectancies moderate the association between anxiety sensitivity and alcohol use across adolescence. Drug Alcohol Depend 2018; 187:179-184. [PMID: 29677626 PMCID: PMC5959789 DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2018.02.029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/29/2017] [Revised: 02/25/2018] [Accepted: 02/27/2018] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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Anxiety sensitivity (AS), or the fear of anxious symptoms and the belief that these symptoms may have negative physical, social, and cognitive consequences, is one personality trait that emerges in early adolescence and may be linked to alcohol use. However, findings are equivocal as to whether elevated AS during adolescence directly predicts alcohol use. Adolescents do report increases in positive alcohol use expectancies during this developmental period, and these expectancies have been found to be significantly associated with alcohol use. The current study examined whether positive alcohol use expectancies and AS in early adolescence predicted changes in alcohol use throughout adolescence. This aim was examined via secondary data analyses from a longitudinal study examining the development of risk behaviors in adolescents. Results of univariate latent growth curve modeling suggest that AS alone was not a significant predictor of baseline alcohol use or change in use over time after controlling for gender, age, and self-reported anxiety. However, AS in early adolescence was found to be a significant predictor of increases in alcohol use across adolescence for youth who reported greater positive alcohol use expectancies. These results indicate that beliefs regarding the positive effects of alcohol use are an important moderator in the relation between AS and change in alcohol use during adolescence.
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- Allison M. Borges
- Department of Psychology, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, 152 Frelinghuysen Rd., Piscataway Township, NJ 08854, USA
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- University of Kansas, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, 1450 Jayhawk Blvd., #200, Lawrence, KS 66045, USA
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- Department of Psychology, University of Maryland, College Park, 4094 Campus Dr., College Park, MD 20742, USA
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Voltas N, Hernández-Martínez C, Arija V, Canals J. The natural course of anxiety symptoms in early adolescence: factors related to persistence. ANXIETY STRESS AND COPING 2017; 30:671-686. [PMID: 28678525 DOI: 10.1080/10615806.2017.1347642] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Anxiety disorders are the most common mental health problems during childhood and adolescence. This study examined the course of anxiety symptoms in early adolescents from the general population over three phases. DESIGN Prospective cohort study. METHODS Two hundred and forty-two participants (mean-age of 13.52) from a baseline sample of 1514 (mean-age of 10.23) were followed up three times. Of the 1514 children, those with emotional risk and controls without risk constituted the second-phase sample (n = 562; mean-age of 11.25). The Screen for Child Anxiety Related Emotional Disorders-SCARED was administered in all three phases. RESULTS Fifty-six percent and 32% of respondents showed total scores above the SCARED cutoff point at one and three years follow-up, respectively. Eight percent showed fluctuating symptoms. Fifty-five percent of respondents showed high scores for any subtype of anxiety over three years. Social phobia and generalized anxiety symptoms were the most prevalent and persistent. Participants with persistent separation anxiety showed the highest co-occurrence with symptoms of other psychopathological disorders. Participants with persistent anxiety showed lower academic performance. Being male was a protective factor against persistence. CONCLUSIONS The data support anxiety maintenance during early adolescence. Early adolescence is a critical period which may involve other serious academic, social, and family problems.
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- Núria Voltas
- a Department of Psychology, Research Center for Behavioral Assessment (CRAMC) , University Rovira i Virgili , Tarragona , Spain.,b Nutrition and Mental Health Research Group (NUTRISAM) , University Rovira i Virgili
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- a Department of Psychology, Research Center for Behavioral Assessment (CRAMC) , University Rovira i Virgili , Tarragona , Spain.,b Nutrition and Mental Health Research Group (NUTRISAM) , University Rovira i Virgili
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- b Nutrition and Mental Health Research Group (NUTRISAM) , University Rovira i Virgili.,c Nutrition and Public Health Unit , University Rovira i Virgili , Reus , Spain
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- a Department of Psychology, Research Center for Behavioral Assessment (CRAMC) , University Rovira i Virgili , Tarragona , Spain.,b Nutrition and Mental Health Research Group (NUTRISAM) , University Rovira i Virgili
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Purpose of Review Personality factors have been implicated in risk for substance use disorders through longitudinal and neurobiologic studies for over four decades. Only recently, however, have targeted interventions been developed to assist individuals with personality risk factors for substance use disorders manage their risk. This article reviews current practices in personality-targeted interventions and the eight randomised trials examining the efficacy of such approaches with respect to reducing and preventing substance use and misuse. Recent Findings Results indicate a moderate mean effect size for personality-targeted approaches across several different substance use outcomes and intervention settings and formats. Conclusions Personality-targeted interventions offer several advantages over traditional substance use interventions, particularly when attempting to prevent development of problems in high-risk individuals or when addressing concurrent mental health problems in brief interventions.
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