Date of Graduation
2001
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Type
MA
Committee Chair
Georg H. Eifert
Abstract
The present study examined hypotheses regarding the relations among anxiety sensitivity (AS), coping strategy, and anxious responding to a 10-minute inhalation of 10% CO2-enriched air. Elevated scores on several subscales of the Anxiety Sensitivity Index - Revised (ASI-R) predicted CO2-induced panic symptoms. In addition, avoidant coping strategies were predictive of CO2-induced anxious and fearful responding. A composite of subscales from the COPE Inventory predicted aspects of challenge-induced anxiety that were not predicted by the ASI. Although results support contemporary models of panic disorder, our findings also indicate that AS may not be as important to the development and maintenance of particular aspects of anxious and fearful responding as the behaviors that an individual actually emits in response to aversive experiences.
Recommended Citation
Spira, Adam Peter, "The relation of anxiety sensitivity and coping strategy to carbon dioxide-induced anxious and fearful responding." (2001). Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports. 10587.
https://researchrepository.wvu.edu/etd/10587