High trait anxiety has been linked with risk-avoidant decision-making, though little is known regarding the specific facets of anxiety contributing to this negative association. Anxiety sensitivity (AS), a transdiagnostic vulnerability factor for anxiety-related pathology, may be particularly relevant to risk decision-making given that risk-taking behaviors generate heightened somatic arousal and produce many of the sensations feared by individuals with high AS. Two studies were conducted to investigate the relation between AS and risk decision-making. In the first study, 268 undergraduate students completed a series of questionnaires that included measures of AS and gambling behaviors. Significant negative correlations were observed between AS and several gambling-related risk-taking activities, and hierarchical multiple regression analyses indicated that AS scores added significant incremental validity in predicting risk-taking over and above demographic variables, negative affect, and trait anxiety. In the second study, 43 participants who had screened for high (n=20) or low (n=23) AS completed the Iowa gambling task, a behavioral measure of risk-taking. Results indicated that, when placed under conditions of risk, individuals with high AS engaged in significantly less risk-taking than their low AS counterparts. The implications of these findings and potential directions for future research are discussed.

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Czym jest Kraków? Analiza pola semantycznego * Streszczenie W artykule przedstawiono sposoby definiowania Krakowa przez jego mieszkańców. Został on oparty na wynikach badań jakościowych, które opracowano z zastosowaniem analizy pola semantycznego. Dzięki temu możliwe stało się odtworzenie tego, w jaki sposób mieszkańcy określają Kraków, z czym się im kojarzy, czemu jest przeciwstawiany, jakie działania można podjąć wobec Krakowa i jakie działania podejmuje Kraków. Wnioski wynikające z analizy wskazują, że Kraków rozumiany jest w kategoriach miasta / miejsca.