Anxiety sensitivity in agoraphobics☆
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2011, Clinical Psychology ReviewCitation Excerpt :Lastly, chronic psychosocial stressors may interact with ovarian hormone changes to predict as well as exacerbate clinical levels of premenstrual symptoms. Anxiety sensitivity (AS) is the tendency to respond fearfully to the occurrence of anxiety symptoms due to beliefs that certain bodily sensations may indicate harm or illness (McNally, 2002), and is an established cognitive risk factor for the development of PD (Donnell & McNally, 1989; Maller & Reiss, 1992; McNally & Lorenz, 1987). High AS individuals hold the belief that experiencing anxiety or fear will cause severe negative consequences (i.e., heart attack); are hypervigilant to stimuli that signal anxiety (i.e., increased heart rate); worry about becoming anxious; and avoid stimuli that provoke anxiety (McNally, 2002; Reiss, Peterson, Gursky, & McNally, 1986).
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A shorter version of this paper was presented at the meeting of the Association for Advancement of Behavior Therapy in Chicago, November 1986.