Relationships between catastrophic cognitions and body sensations in anxiety disordered, mixed diagnosis, and normal subjects

Marijuana coping motives interact with marijuana use frequency to predict anxious arousal, panic related catastrophic thinking, and worry among current marijuana users

“…The ACQ total score was used to index anxiety-related cognitions (a criterion variable). The ACQ also has demonstrated convergent validity with other established measures across a range of diverse populations [Arrindell, 1993;Chambless et al, 1984;Kotov et al, 2005;Warren et al, 1989Warren et al, , 1990Yartz et al, 2005]. As in past research , we utilized the ACQ total score as a global index of maladaptive thoughts about anxiety and panic attack symptoms.…”

Gastrointestinal-focused panic attacks among Cambodian refugees: Associated psychopathology, flashbacks, and catastrophic cognitions

“…In studies of Western populations with PD: (a) multiple catastrophic cognitions occur during panic events (Clum et al, 1990); (b) the feared symptoms correlate to the feared catastrophic cognitions (Warren, Zgourides, & Englert, 1990); (c) PA intensity correlates with the severity of associated catastrophic cognitions (Hedley, Hoffart, Dammen, Ekeberg, & Friis, 2000); and (d) in respiratory challenge studies (e.g., hyperventilation and carbon dioxide inhalation), fear of physical sensations best predicts the fear response (Brown, Smits, Powers, & Telch, 2003;Zinbarg, Brown, Barlow, & Rapee, 2001). In an orthostatic challenge study with Cambodian patients, a catastrophic cognitions scale predicted the number of induced panic symptoms (Hinton, Pich, So, et al, 2004).…”

An Internet-based investigation of the catastrophic misinterpretation model of panic disorder

“…Some researchers have investigated the proposed relationship between specific somatic symptoms and threat cognitions via correlational methods (e.g., Street, Craske, & Barlow, 1989;Warren, Zgourides, & Englert, 1990;Westling & Ö st, 1993). These have generally provided support for the model through demonstrating a positive correlation between specific symptoms (e.g., racing heart beat) and threat cognitions (e.g., heart attack).…”