The Relationships Among Impulsivity, Anxiety Sensitivity Characteristics, and Severity of Social Anxiety Disorder

Abstract

The relationships among impulsivity, anxiety sensitivity, and severity of social anxiety disorder Dürtüsellik ve anksiyete duyarliliði özelliklerinin sosyal anksiyete bozukluðu'nun þiddeti ile iliþkisi SUMMARY Objective: The purpose of this study is to examine the characteristics of impulsivity and anxiety sensitivity in patients with Social Anxiety Disorder (SAD) and to investigate relationships between these characteristics and the severity of SAD. Method: The sample consisted of outpatients (n=42) who had been diagnosed with only SAD based on the American Psychiatric Association's Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorder, in addition to healthy individuals (n=51) serving as the control group. Data collection tools were the sociodemographic form, the Barratt Impulsivity Scale (BIS-11), the Anxiety Sensitivity Index (ASI-3), and Liebowitz Social Anxiety Scale (LSAS). Results: The mean total score of the BIS-11 in the SAD group was found to be significantly higher than the mean total BIS-11 score in the control group (p <0.001). Compared to the mean total ASI-3 score, the SAD group's mean score was significantly higher than the control groups mean scores (p <0.001). The analysis of variance revealed that the cognitive and social dimensions and total ASI-3 scores were positively correlated with total LSAS scores (r=0.434, r=0.427, and r=0.351, respectively). Additionally, there was a negative correlation between the attention impulsivity subscore and the LSAS avoidance subscore (r=-0.353). Discussion: Patients with SAD have more impulsivity and anxiety sensitivity characteristics than healthy individuals. Moreover, anxiety sensitivity and attention impulsivity characteristics of patients with SAD are associated with symptom severity.

The Effect of Interviewer Job Expertise and Risk-Related Traits on Opportunity to Fake

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