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| Anxiety sensitivity, anxiety, and depression in older patients and their relation to hypochondriacal concerns and medical illnesses | | Author(s) | I M Bravo, W K Silverman |
| Journal title | Aging & Mental Health, vol 5, no 4, November 2001 |
| Pages | pp 349-357 |
| Source | http://www.tandfonline.com |
| Keywords | Anxiety ; Depression ; Emotions ; Hypochondria ; Ill health ; Correlation ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | Anxiety sensitivity is the fear of anxiety symptoms, because such symptoms are believed to have harmful effects. This study was of a sample of 53 clinic-referred (mean age 78.8) and 53 non-clinic referred (mean age 70.9) older people. It examined whether: anxiety sensitivity was elevated in the clinic-referred group relative to the non-referred group; symptoms of anxiety, anxiety sensitivity and depression were related to numbers of illnesses and/or hypochondriacal concerns; and anxiety sensitivity was a better predictor of hypochondriacal concerns relative to depression or trait anxiety. Results indicate that anxiety sensitivity was significantly elevated in the clinic-referred group relative to the non-referred group, was negatively associated with history of medical illnesses, was strongly associated with hypochondriacal concerns, and was a better predictor of hypochondriacal concerns than depression and trait anxiety. Findings are discussed in terms of problems facing older people as they relate to the constructs of anxiety sensitivity and hypochondriacal concerns. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-011210209 A |
| Classmark | ENP: ENR: DL: ENS: CH: 49: 7T |
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