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Trial reportBehaviour research and therapy2014

The effects of an anxiety sensitivity intervention on anxiety, depression, and worry: mediation through affect tolerances.

Aaron M Norr, Nicholas P Allan, Richard J Macatee, Meghan E Keough, Norman B Schmidt

Abstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in Behaviour research and therapy, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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21 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  8. Differences in Anxiety Sensitivity Among Black and White Veterans.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2024
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  15. Anxiety Sensitivity as a Malleable Mechanistic Target for Prevention Interventions: A Meta-Analysis of the Efficacy of Brief Treatment Interventions.Clinical psychology : a publication of the Division of Clinical Psychology of the American Psychological Association · 2021
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  18. Anxiety sensitivity in relation to cigarette smoking and other substance use in African American smokers.Psychology of addictive behaviors : journal of the Society of Psychologists in Addictive Behaviors · 2020
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Aaron M NorrFlorida State University, Department of Psychology, 1107 W. Call St., Tallahassee, FL 32306-4301, USA. Electronic address: norr@psy.fsu.edu.
Nicholas P AllanFlorida State University, Department of Psychology, 1107 W. Call St., Tallahassee, FL 32306-4301, USA. Electronic address: allan@psy.fsu.edu.
Richard J MacateeFlorida State University, Department of Psychology, 1107 W. Call St., Tallahassee, FL 32306-4301, USA. Electronic address: macatee@psy.fsu.edu.
Meghan E KeoughUniversity of Washington, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Harborview Medical Center, 325 Ninth Ave, PS-5035, Box 359911, Seattle, WA 98104, USA. Electronic address: mkeough@u.washington.edu.
Norman B SchmidtFlorida State University, Department of Psychology, 1107 W. Call St., Tallahassee, FL 32306-4301, USA. Electronic address: Schmidt@psy.fsu.edu.

Funding

Refinement and Examination of a Brief Anxiety Sensitivity Focused InterventionF31MH086174 · NIMH · FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY · PI KEOUGH, MEGHAN ELIZABETH · 2009 to 2010
$65k
NIMH NIH HHS 1F31 MH086174-01NIMH NIH HHS F31 MH086174
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Recently there has been increased interest in emotional and physical tolerance risk factors for mood and anxiety disorders. Three tolerance risk factors that have been shown to be related are anxiety sensitivity (AS), distress tolerance (DT), and discomfort intolerance (DI). Although previous research has demonstrated these constructs are malleable, no research has investigated the effects of an AS intervention on DT or DI. Further, no studies have investigated whether changes in DT or DI play a role in mood and anxiety symptom amelioration due to an AS intervention. Participants (N = 104), who were selected for elevated levels of AS, completed a single-session computer-assisted AS intervention or a control intervention and follow-up assessments at 1-week and 1-month post intervention. Results revealed that the intervention reduced AS and increased DT, but did not affect DI at the 1-week follow-up. Mediation analyses revealed that changes in AS and DT both mediated changes in symptoms (depression, anxiety, worry) due to the intervention at 1-month follow-up, however, when AS and DT were considered in the same model only the effect via AS remained significant. These results have important implications for the nature of the relationships between AS, DT, and DI as well as the specific mechanistic pathways through which an AS intervention ameliorates symptoms.

Indexed as

AffectImplosive TherapyTherapy, Computer-AssistedAdolescentAnxietyDepressionFemaleHumansPsychiatric Status Rating ScalesSelf ReportStress, PsychologicalSymptom AssessmentYoung AdultAnxietyAnxiety sensitivityDepressionDiscomfort intoleranceDistress toleranceWorry

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PMID24949907
PMCPMC4151115

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