A Concurrent Test of the Anxiety Sensitivity Taxon: Its Relation to Bodily Vigilance and Perceptions of Control Over Anxiety-Related Events in a Sample of Young Adults

From: Journal of Cognitive Psychotherapy | Date: April 1, 2007| Author: Bernstein, Amit; Forsyth, John P; Leen-Feldner, Ellen W; Zvolensky, Michael J | Copyright information

The present investigation evaluated the Anxiety Sensitivity (AS) taxon using the 16-item Anxiety Sensitivity Index (Reiss, Peterson, Gursky, & McNally, 1986) and its relation with two theoretically relevant cognitive processes associated with panic vulnerability: bodily vigilance and perceived uncontrollability over anxiety-related events. Taxometric analyses of 589 young adults indicated that the latent structure of AS was taxonic with an estimated base rate ranging between 13% and 14%. ...

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A Concurrent Test of the Anxiety Sensitivity Taxon: Its Relation to Bodily Vigilance and Perceptions of Control Over Anxiety-Related Events in a Sample of Young Adults
Journal of Cognitive Psychotherapy ; The present investigation evaluated the Anxiety Sensitivity (AS) taxon using the 16-item Anxiety Sensitivity Index (Reiss, Peterson, Gursky, & McNally, 1986) and its relation with two theoretically relevant cognitive processes associated with panic vulnerability: bodily vigilance and perceived