Anxiety sensitivity: Unitary personality trait or domain-specific appraisals?

Telch, Michael J.; Shermis, Mark D.; Lucas, John A.

doi:10.1016/0887-6185(89)90026-1

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“…Each item is measured on a Likert-style scale from 0 (very little) to 4 (very much). The ASI is a widely-used measure that has shown good psychometric properties among both clinical and nonclinical populations (Reiss, Peterson, Gursky, & McNally, 1986;Telch, Shermis, & Lucas, 1989). Support has been found for a 3-factor structure: Physical Concerns, Mental Incapacitation Concerns, and Social Concerns, all of which load onto a higher-order anxiety sensitivity construct (Zinbarg, Barlow, & Brown, 1997).…”

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Dissociation and pain perception: An experimental investigation

Horowitz

Telch

2007

Journal of Traumatic Stress

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Dissociative symptoms and abnormalities in pain perception have been associated with a range of disorders. The authors tested whether experimentally induced increases in state dissociation would cause an analgesic response. Participants (N = 120) were randomized to a dissociation induction condition via audiophotic stimulation or a credible control condition and were compared on pre‐ and postchanges in subjective pain and immersion time in response to a standard cold pressor test. Unexpectedly, the dissociation induction led to small, but significant increases in subjective pain and did not lead to greater immersion time. An exploratory analysis revealed that increases in absorption and derealization significantly predicted increased subjective pain and increased immersion time, respectively.

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Dissociation and pain perception: An experimental investigation

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Telch

2007

Journal of Traumatic Stress

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“…Though intended by its developers to be a unidimensional measure of AS, several published studies factor analyzing the ASI have called into question the instrument's factor structure. While some studies report as many as four factors in the ASI (Cox, Parker, & Swinson, 1996;Telch, Shermis, & Lucas, 1989;Wardle, Ahmed, & Hayward, 1990), several other studies found a three-factor solution (Stewart, Taylor, & Baker, 1997;Taylor, Koch, Woody, & McClean, 1996;Zinbarg, Barlow, & Brown, 1997), and at least one recent study reported a two-factor model (Cox, Enns, Walker, Kjernisted, & Pidlebury, 2001). Still other analyses of the ASI reported only a one-factor solution (Reiss et al, 1986;Sandin, Charot, & McNally, 1996;Taylor, 1996;Taylor, Koch, & Crockett, 1991;Taylor, Koch, McNally, & Crockett, 1992).…”

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Factor structure and stability of the Anxiety Sensitivity Index in a longitudinal study of anxiety disorder patients

Rodriguez

Bruce

Pagano

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Behaviour Research and Therapy

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The past decade witnessed considerable debate over the factor structure of the Anxiety Sensitivity Index (ASI), with an eventual consensus emerging that supported a hierarchically organized factor structure. The present study attempted to replicate and examine the overall stability and utility of the hierarchical ASI factor pattern using a large sample of outpatients participating in an ongoing longitudinal study of anxiety disorders. Results supported a hierarchical factor structure for the ASI consisting of three lower-order factors measuring physical concerns, mental incapacitation concerns, and social concerns, all of which loaded significantly on a single second-order factor. Correlational analyses show good test-retest reliability and consistent patterns of intercorrelation for these factor-derived subscales across a 10-month time frame. Additional analyses provide support for the discriminant validity of the ASI subscales with regard to individuals with specific anxiety disorders. The theoretical implications of these findings for future evaluations of anxiety sensitivity are discussed.

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“…El estudio dimensional es un paso necesario en el proceso de la validación de constructo. Si bien se han llevado a cabo a este respecto múltiples estudios centrados en el principal instrumento de evaluación de la sensibilidad a la ansiedad, i.e., la Anxiety Sensitivity Index (ASI; Reiss, Peterson, Gursky y McNally, 1986), los resultados obtenidos han sido dispares, variando entre una estructura de un único factor (p.ej., Taylor et al, 1991Taylor et al, ,1992Sandín et ai, 1996) y una estructura de cuatro factores (p.ej., Telch, Shermis y Lucas, 1989), si bien ha surgido una línea de evidencia más reciente a favor de una estructura jerár-quica, constituida por tres factores de primer orden y un factor de orden superior (véase Zinbarg, Mohlman y Hong, 1999, para un análisis pormenorizado de este aspecto).…”

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Dimensiones de la sensibilidad a la ansiedad : evidencia confirmatoria de la estructura jerárquica

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Aunque el índice de Sensibilidad a la Ansiedad (ASI; Reiss, Peterson, Gursky y McNally, 1986) es la escala más utilizada para la evaluación de la sensibilidad a la ansiedad (SA), su estructura aún no se conoce con precisión. En el presente estudio se analiza la estructura factorial de la versión española de la ASI con una muestra de 726 estudiantes universitarios (con un rango de edad de 18-34 años). Se ponen a prueba varios modelos alternativos, incluido un modelo factorial jerárquico. Los análisis factoriales exploratorios y confirmatorios indican que la ASI posee una estructura jerár-quica compuesta por 3 factores primarios y 1 factor de orden superior; los factores primarios se corresponden con los referidos por Zinbarg, Barlow y Brown (1997) y Stewart, Taylor y Baker (1997): SA-somática, SA-cognitiva y SA-social. No existían diferencias entre grupos de sexo. Se discuten algunas posibles implicaciones para la psicopatologia de los trastornos de ansiedad.Palabras clave; Sensibilidad a la ansiedad, ASI, trastornos de ansiedad, análisis factorial confirmatorio, EQS, análisis factorial jerárquico. Dimensions ofanxiety sensitivity: Confirmatory evidence for a hierarchic structureAlthough the Anxiety Sensitivity Index (ASI; Reiss, Peterson, Gursky & McNally, 1986) is the most frequently used measure of the anxiety sensitivity construct, its dimensionality is yet a controversial issue. The present study examined the factor structure of the Spanish ASI in a sample of 726 university students (ranging in age from 18 to 34 years). The authors tested soma current alternative models, including a hierarchical factor model. Exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses indicated a hierarchical factor structure consisting of 3 lower-order factors and 1 higher-order factor; the lowerorder factors were conceptually similar to the ones reported by Zinbarg, Barlow & Brown (1997) and Stewart, Taylor & Baker (1997), i.e., physical concerns, cognitive dyscontrol concerns, and social concerns. No differences were found between males and females. Some implications of these findings for psychopathology ofanxiety disorders are discussed.

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Anxiety sensitivity: Unitary personality trait or domain-specific appraisals?

Cited by 158 publications

References 12 publications

Dissociation and pain perception: An experimental investigation

Dissociation and pain perception: An experimental investigation

Factor structure and stability of the Anxiety Sensitivity Index in a longitudinal study of anxiety disorder patients

Dimensiones de la sensibilidad a la ansiedad : evidencia confirmatoria de la estructura jerárquica

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