Towards a Greater Understanding of Anxiety Sensitivity Across Groups: The Construct Validity of the Anxiety Sensitivity Index-3

Anxiety sensitivity refers to the fear of internal cues and external consequences of physiological sensations (Reiss  and McNally, 1985). Anxiety sensitivity is distinct from anxiety symptoms and from the tendency to experience negative affect (McNally, 2002). To date, a growing body of evidence implicates anxiety sensitivity as a risk factor for a variety of mental health difficulties, including anxiety sympto ms and disorders (Naragon-Gainey, 2010; Olatunji and Wolitzky-Taylor, 2009), depression (Naragon-Gainey, 2010; Olatunji and Wolitzky-Taylor, 2009), suicidality (Capron et al., 2012), as well as substance use problems (Dixon et al., 2014), alcohol use problems (Schmidt et al., 2007), and tobacc o use (Zvolensky et al., 2007).

Source: Psychiatry Research - July 6, 2018 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Charles Jardin, Daniel J. Paulus, Lorra Garey, Brooke Kauffman, Jafar Bakhshaie, Kara Manning, Nubia A. Mayorga, Michael J. Zvolensky Source Type: research