Summary: Anxiety sensitivity is an individual difference variable defined as the fear of fear or the fear of anxiety, arising from the belief that the experience of anxiety symptoms leads to illness or additional anxiety. The Anxiety Sensitivity Profile (ASP) is a 60 item self-report measurement, and each item is assessed on a 7-point scale. The purpose of this study is to determine the factor structure and reliability of the Turkish version of the ASP. To address this purpose, first the scale was translated into Turkish, and then it was administered to 434 university students. Principal components factor analysis with promax rotation revealed four factors in which all items had a factor loading of 0.30 or more. The factors were as follows: (1) fear of respiratory symptoms, (2) fear of cognitive dyscontrol, (3) fear of cardiac symptoms, and (4) fear of gastrointestinal symptoms. The internal consistency of these four factors was 0.97, 0.93, 0.91, and 0.86, respectively. The overall scale also had a high degree of internal consistency, with an α coefficient of 0.98. Item-total analysis revealed that the internal consistency of all items was satisfactory (rs 0.30-0.77). Data provided evidence that the Turkish version of the ASP had a multidimensional construct with four lower order factors loaded on a higher order factor.
Factors such as social isolation, mislearning, etc. were considered to cause increased feelings of hopelessness, suicide ideation, negative sense of self and feelings of hostility in convicts and arrestees staying indoors.
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ABSTRACTThe predictive value of interpersonal schemas, perfectionism, and thought action-fusion in obsessive-compulsive disorder Objective: Cognitive vulnerability factors are central in the etiology of obsessive-compulsive disorder. Nosological classifications among symptom clusters have been developed to enable the understanding of possible mechanisms underlying obsessive compulsive symptoms. Previous researchers have emphasized that perfectionist attitudes and thought action-fusion link to increase in obsessive compulsive symptom severity in clinical and nonclinical samples. However, multi-dimensional relations between obsessive compulsive symptoms and vulnerability factors such as interpersonal schemas have received little attention. This study examined connections between cognitive vulnerability factors and obsessive-compulsive symptoms. Method: The data collected from 263 university students. Associations between variables were analyzed by using structural equation modeling. Results: The results of the study indicated that dysfunctional interpersonal schemas were the most hazardous factors that predict perfectionist attitudes, thought action-fusion, and symptom severity in obsessive compulsive disorder. Washing and precision were the final manifestation symptoms mediated by checking. Maladaptive interpersonal schemas, perfectionist attitudes, and thought action-fusion were all vulnerability agents in the development of obsessive compulsive symptoms. Checking played a prominent role in exacerbation of obsessive -compulsive symptoms. Conclusion: Onset and maintenance of obsessive-compulsive disorder is a multidimensional process. Negativistic interpersonal beliefs seem to be an important risk factor. Findings are discussed in the light of current theoretical considerations. Key words: Obsessive compulsive symptoms, limitedness schemas, perfectionism, thought action-fusion, checking, interpersonal schemas ÖZET Obsesif-kompulsif bozuklukta kişilerarası şemalar, mükemmeliyetçilik ve düşünce-eylem kaynaşmasının yordayıcı rolü Amaç: Bilişsel yatkınlık faktörlerinin obsesif-kompulsif bozukluğun etiyolojisinde önemli rol oynadığı düşünülmektedir. Obsesif-kompulsif belirtilerin ortaya çıkışında rol oynayan olası mekanizmaları daha iyi açıklayabilmek için, çeşitli belirtilere ilişkin nozolojik sınıflamalar yapılmaya çalışılmaktadır. Daha önceki dönemlerde yapılmış çalışmalar, mükemmeliyetçi tutumların ve düşünce-eylem kaynaşmasının klinik olan ve olmayan örneklemde, obsesif-kompulsif belirtilerle ilişkilerini ortaya koymuştur. Buna karşın, kişilerarası şemalar gibi, yatkınlık oluşturabilecek etkenler ve obsesif-kompulsif belirtiler arasındaki çok boyutlu ilişkilerin yeterince ele alınmadığı görülmektedir. Bu çalışmada, bilişsel yatkınlık oluşturan faktörler ve obsesif-kompulsif belirtiler arasındaki ilişkiler incelenmektedir. Yöntem: Bu çalışmaya 263 üniversite öğrencisi katılmıştır. Elde edilen veriler yapısal eşitlik modellemesiyle analiz edilmiştir. Bulgular: Bu çalışmanın sonuçları, işlevsel olmayan ki...
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