Using three samples, researchers investigated the relation between various anxiety levels, coping strategy use, and menstrual cycle phase to menstrual distress. In Studies 1 and 2, women low in anxiety sensitivity used more acceptance coping strategies and women high in anxiety sensitivity reported using more maladaptive coping strategies. In Study 2, women with medium anxiety sensitivity repor...

Research conducted with adult samples suggests that anxiety sensitivity is positively related to depression (Otto et al., 1995, Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 10, 117-123). The Childhood Anxiety Sensitivity Index (CASI, Silverman et al., 1991, Journal of Clinical Child Psychology, 20 162-168) was used in this study to provide an examination of the relation between anxiety, anxiety sensitivity, a...

Background and Aim: The main purpose of this study was to investigate the relationships between RST traits and emotion dysregulation include social anxiety, general anxiety, and depression in a student. Materials and methods: 189 students studying at one of the public universities in Tehran were selected by convenience sampling method and then the Patient Health Questionnaire-9, Generalized An...

The aim of this study was to evaluate the mediating role of difficulties in emotion regulation in the relationship between dysfunctional attitudes and anxiety sensitivity among students of the Islamic Azad University of Hamadan. The research method was correlation. The statistical population of this study consisted of all the university students from among which 200 students (120 females, 80 ma...

The aim of this study was to investigate the multiple relationships between anxiety sensitivity, social support, and perception of pain with the  life expectancy. Research was of correlational type. Population was consisted of all older adult in Isfahan (males and females) in the spring of 2016. 250 individuals were selected by convenience sampling method from different places. In order to meas...

Anxiety sensitivity has been included in the fear-avoidance model as a vulnerability factor to explain individual differences in fear of pain. Several studies have suggested that the relationship between anxiety sensitivity and some psychopathological disorders is mediated by experiential avoidance, an affect-related regulatory process that involves unwillingness to endure private experiences. ...

STUDY DESIGN Cross-sectional study. OBJECTIVE To examine the sensitivity of 2 single-item questions compared with 2 longer questionnaires for screening depression and anxiety among patients with chronic low back pain (CLBP). SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA Psychosocial factors are frequently identified as risk factors for developing CLBP and as predictors for treatment, and questionnaires are of...