The moderational role of anxiety sensitivity in flight phobia

Bogaerde, Anouk Vanden; Raedt, Rudi De

doi:10.1016/j.janxdis.2010.11.005

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“…The findings of this study add to the growing number of studies investigating the role of important moderating variables (e.g., attentional control, anxiety sensitivity) in anxiety and phobia research [70, 71]. In addition, our study supports the finding that young adolescents in the general population have a relatively high likelihood of remission for social anxiety disorder and specific phobia.…”

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The moderating role of avoidance behavior on anxiety over time: Is there a difference between social anxiety disorder and specific phobia?

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Theories of anxiety disorders and phobias have ascribed a critical role to avoidance behavior in explaining the persistence of fear and anxiety, but knowledge about the role of avoidance behavior in the maintenance of anxiety in social anxiety disorder relative to specific phobia is lacking. This study examined the extent to which avoidance behavior moderates the relationship between general anxiety at baseline and 18 months later in women with a diagnosed social anxiety disorder (n = 91) and women with a diagnosed specific phobia (n = 130) at baseline. Circumscribed avoidance of social and specific situations were clinician-rated using the Anxiety Disorders Interview Schedule-Lifetime (ADIS-IV-L), and general anxiety was measured using the Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI). Moderated regression analyses revealed that (a) general anxiety at baseline predicted general anxiety at follow-up in both women with a specific phobia and women with a social anxiety disorder and (b) avoidance behavior moderated this relationship in women with a specific phobia but not in women with a social anxiety disorder. Specifically, high avoidance behavior was found to amplify the effect between general anxiety at baseline and follow-up in specific phobia. Reasons for the absence of a similar moderating effect of avoidance behavior within social anxiety disorder are discussed.

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The moderating role of avoidance behavior on anxiety over time: Is there a difference between social anxiety disorder and specific phobia?

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“…These two influences seem to be independent of each other. In addition, other factors may render an individual more vulnerable to developing a flying phobia, such as a genetic predisposition to anxiety, personal traits (e.g., anxiety sensitivity, [19,20] the tendency to interpret anxiety-related bodily sensations in a threatening way), or subclinical physiological dysfunctions. A critical evaluation of all the factors is given elsewhere.…”

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Ways of Acquiring Flying Phobia

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“…Whilst some research has found that individuals with high anxiety sensitivity do not report a stronger increase in distress in response to phobic stimuli (e.g., flying-related videos) than those individuals with low anxiety sensitivity (Busscher et al, 2010 ), findings from a number of studies indicate a potentially important role for anxiety sensitivity in flying phobia. For example, research utilizing self-report questionnaires within the general (i.e., subclinical) population (Bogaerde and De Raedt, 2008 ) and within flying phobics (Bogaerde and De Raedt, 2011 ) has demonstrated that AS moderates the relationship between somatic sensations and flying anxiety, where somatic symptoms significantly predict flight anxiety in individuals with higher AS scores. Busscher et al ( 2013 ) examined the relationship between AS, flight anxiety and physiological arousal during in vivo exposure therapy.…”

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Processes Contributing to the Maintenance of Flying Phobia: A Narrative Review

Clark

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2016

Front. Psychol.

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Flying phobia is a highly prevalent anxiety disorder, which causes sufferers significant distress and life interference. The processes which maintain flying phobia remain poorly understood. A systematic search of the literature was performed to identify what research has been conducted into the processes which may be involved in the fear of flying and whether processes which are believed to maintain other anxiety disorder diagnoses have been investigated in flying phobia. The results of the literature review are presented and related to existing cognitive behavioral theory and research. The results indicate that little research has been conducted into a number of areas considered important in the wider cognitive behavioral literature on anxiety disorders: namely attention, mental imagery, memory, worry, and safety-seeking behaviors. The review proposes a hypothetical model, derived from cognitive behavioral theory, for the processes which may be involved in maintaining flying phobia, and considers a number of areas for future research.

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The moderational role of anxiety sensitivity in flight phobia

Cited by 15 publications

References 23 publications

The moderating role of avoidance behavior on anxiety over time: Is there a difference between social anxiety disorder and specific phobia?

The moderating role of avoidance behavior on anxiety over time: Is there a difference between social anxiety disorder and specific phobia?

Ways of Acquiring Flying Phobia

Processes Contributing to the Maintenance of Flying Phobia: A Narrative Review

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