Anxiety Sensitivity: A Missing Piece to the Agoraphobia-without-Panic Puzzle

Autor/inn/en	Hayward, Chris; Wilson, Kimberly A.
Titel	Anxiety Sensitivity: A Missing Piece to the Agoraphobia-without-Panic Puzzle
Quelle	In: Behavior Modification, 31 (2007) 2, S.162-173 (12 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0145-4455
DOI	10.1177/0145445506297015
Schlagwörter	At Risk Persons; Depression (Psychology); Psychological Patterns; Clinical Diagnosis; Symptoms (Individual Disorders); Fear; Arousal Patterns + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Risikogruppe; Psychiatrische Symptomatik; Furcht
Abstract	This article reviews the controversy surrounding the diagnosis of agoraphobia without panic attacks and proposes a key role for anxiety sensitivity in explaining agoraphobic avoidance among those who have never experienced panic. Although rare in clinical samples, agoraphobia without panic is commonly observed in population-based surveys, including more recent studies in which misclassification bias is addressed. Differential treatment seeking may partially explain these discrepant findings; however, it remains unclear why agoraphobic avoidance develops in the absence of panic. Because anxiety sensitivity is a dispositional analogue of panic, it is proposed that high anxiety sensitivity is a risk factor for agoraphobic avoidance in the absence of frank panic attacks. Preliminary evidence to support this contention is reviewed. (Contains 1 figure.) (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10