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Fibromyalgia and Related Conditions
Published in Andrea Kohn Maikovich-Fong, Handbook of Psychosocial Interventions for Chronic Pain, 2019
Jessica Payne-Murphy, Stephanie Parazak Eberle, Colleen Conry, Abbie O. Beacham
According to the UP, four key constructs describe ways in which patients find internal experiences to be especially aversive. According to Barlow and Farchione (2018), these are increased anxiety sensitivity, decreased mindfulness, experiential avoidance, and negative appraisals and attributions. Anxiety sensitivity is the fear of anxiety-related sensations. The Anxiety Sensitivity Index—Revised (ASI; Deacon, Abramowitz, Woods, & Tolin, 2003) assesses 1) beliefs about the harmful consequences of somatic sensations; 2) fear of publicly observable anxiety reactions; 3) fear of cognitive dyscontrol; and 4) fear of somatic sensations without explicit consequences.
Dealing with the pain
Published in Roslyn Rogers, Anita Unruh, Managing Persistent Pain in Adolescents, 2017
Anxiety sensitivity refers to the fear of anxiety-related sensations that are interpreted as having potentially harmful somatic, psychological or social consequences. Examples may be a fear of blushing and public embarrassment or a fear of a thumping heart that could be a heart attack, these fears being associated with anxiety states and phobias. Studies in adults with chronic pain, who are negatively affected by their pain experiences, have shown higher anxiety sensitivity and pain-related anxiety.4 It is hypothesised that people with persistent pain are prone to develop fear of pain and that high levels of somatisation and panic-like symptoms alter their perception of bodily sensation. This can lead to catastrophic interpretations of the cause of the pain leading to a fear of the sensations.
Anxiety and Depression and Asthma
Published in Jonathan A. Bernstein, Mark L. Levy, Clinical Asthma, 2014
Alison C. McLeish, Kimberly M. Avallone, Kristen M. Kraemer
Anxiety sensitivity is a modifiable cognitive predisposition defined as the fear of anxiety-related physical and psychological sensations that is theoretically and empirically distinct from the tendency to experience negative affect.46 Anxiety sensitivity encompasses three lower-order dimensions: physical, cognitive, and social concerns that load onto a single higher-order factor.47 When anxious, individuals with high anxiety sensitivity become acutely fearful due to beliefs that these anxiety-related interoceptive sensations have harmful physical, psychological, or social consequences. In line with this theory, anxiety sensitivity is concurrently and prospectively associated with an increased risk of anxiety symptoms and with the onset of certain anxiety disorders, most notably panic disorder and PTSD.48,49
Trait Body Shame Predicts Menstrual-Related Symptoms: Evidence for Extending the Menstrual Reactivity Hypothesis
Published in Women's Reproductive Health, 2023
Furthermore, the current study sought to test whether body shame may behave like anxiety sensitivity and influence menstrual-related symptoms. However, anxiety sensitivity was not controlled for in the current study. Although conceptually distinct, anxiety sensitivity and body shame do share some overlap in terms of inward focus and the desire to normalize bodily experiences in line with cultural expectations. And anxiety sensitivity and general shame are positively correlated (Levinson et al., 2020). It is possible that the conceptual parts of trait body shame that converge with anxiety sensitivity may have accounted for these results. Therefore, future studies on the relationship between trait body shame and menstrual-related symptoms may also account for possible role of anxiety sensitivity.
Anxiety symptoms and smoking outcome expectancies among Spanish-speaking Latinx adult smokers: Exploring the role of anxiety sensitivity
Published in Journal of Ethnicity in Substance Abuse, 2022
Justin M. Shepherd, Jafar Bakhshaie, Pamella Nizio, Lorra Garey, Andres G. Viana, Michael J. Zvolensky
Anxiety Sensitivity Index-3 (Taylor et al., 2007). The Anxiety Sensitivity Index-3 (ASI-3) is an 18-item self-report measure of sensitivity to and fear of the potential negative consequences of anxiety-related symptoms and sensations (Taylor et al., 2007). Respondents are asked to indicate, on a 5-point Likert-type scale (0 = very little to 4 = very much), the degree to which they are concerned about these possible negative consequences (range 0–72). The ASI-3, derived in part from the original ASI (Reiss & McNally, 1985), has sound psychometric properties, including excellent internal consistency, predictive validity, and reliability among treatment-seeking smokers (Farris et al., 2015). Additionally, the factor structure and psychometric properties of the anxiety sensitivity construct has been supported with a variety of Latinx samples (Cintrón et al., 2005; Mayorga et al., 2018; Sandin et al., 1996). The total ASI-3 score was used in the current study (α = .97).
Anxiety sensitivity in relation to eating expectancies among college students
Published in Journal of American College Health, 2021
Brooke Y. Kauffman, Justin M. Shepherd, Jafar Bakhshaie, Michael J. Zvolensky
One important approach to studying eating expectancies is to clarify the individual difference factors related to specific expectancies. Initial work among college students has examined the role of anxiety sensitivity as one important individual difference factor for maladaptive eating.19 Anxiety sensitivity reflects the tendency to fear anxiety-related sensations.20 The vast majority of research suggests that anxiety sensitivity consists of three facets reflecting fears of adverse physical outcomes (physical concerns), fears of cognitive dyscontrol (cognitive concerns), and fears of the public display of anxiety symptoms.21 Anestis et al.22 found that, among college students, anxiety sensitivity was significantly related to bulimia symptoms over and above variance accounted for by depressive symptoms, trait anxiety symptoms, and impulsivity. Fulton et al.23 examined specific subfacets of anxiety sensitivity and found that the anxiety sensitivity cognitive concerns subscale was significantly associated with disordered eating attitudes and behaviors among college students. Despite the promise of such work, no data have evaluated the relations between anxiety sensitivity and eating expectancies.