Anxiety sensitivity as a mechanism for gender discrepancies in anxiety and mood symptoms

Anxiety sensitivity and suicide risk among firefighters: A test of the depression-distress amplification model

“…The average scores of CES-D depression symptoms in our study were lower than the CES-D scores reported by Hom et al [23] in a separate sample of 880 current and retired firefighters ( M [ SD ] = 10.60 [7.80] vs. M [ SD ] = 13.49 [11.24], t [1709] = −6.145, p < 0.001). The average scores of ASI-3 global AS were also lower in our study than the ASI-3 scores reported by Stanley et al [17] in a separate sample of 254 current women firefighters ( M [ SD ] = 8.10 [10.46] vs. M [ SD ] = 16.92 [13.38], t [1083] = −10.974, p < 0.001), although gender differences in the AS construct may in part account for these differences [47–49]. Finally, the average scores of SBQ-R suicide risk were also lower than those reported by Stanley et al [17] among that same sample ( M [ SD ] = 3.85 [1.79] vs. M [ SD ] = 5.83 [2.90], t [1083] = −13.135, p < 0.001).…”

Interactive Effects of Traumatic Brain Injury and Anxiety Sensitivity Cognitive Concerns on Post-traumatic Stress Among Active Duty Soldiers

“…1 The cognitive concerns subscale is composed of six items that assess fears of the cognitive consequences of anxious arousal (e.g., “When I cannot keep my mind on a task, I worry that I might be going crazy”), though only five of the six items were available in the current study due to the omission of one item (“It scares me when I am unable to keep my mind on a task”) in the parent study. Critically, the internal consistency of the five-item subscale score was excellent (α = 0.92) and comparable to prior studies using the full six-item subscale (Norr, Albanese, Allan, & Schmidt, 2015), providing justification for the use of the 5-item subscale for the proposed analyses. The ASI-3 cognitive concerns subscale demonstrated excellent internal consistency in the current study (α = 0.92), which is consistent with prior research (e.g., α = 0.94 – 0.95; Norr et al, 2015; Norr, Albanese, Boffa, Short, & Schmidt, 2016)…”

“…Critically, the internal consistency of the five-item subscale score was excellent (α = 0.92) and comparable to prior studies using the full six-item subscale (Norr, Albanese, Allan, & Schmidt, 2015), providing justification for the use of the 5-item subscale for the proposed analyses. The ASI-3 cognitive concerns subscale demonstrated excellent internal consistency in the current study (α = 0.92), which is consistent with prior research (e.g., α = 0.94 – 0.95; Norr et al, 2015; Norr, Albanese, Boffa, Short, & Schmidt, 2016)…”

The relationship between gender and PTSD symptoms: Anxiety sensitivity as a mechanism

“…Women report greater AS compared to men (Deacon et al, 2003;Schmidt & Kosleka, 2000), and elevated AS has been established as a risk factor for PTSD (Elwood et al, 2009;Taylor, 2003). Additionally, previous research has demonstrated that AS serves to partially explain the greater report of general anxiety and mood symptoms, as well as agoraphobic avoidance, among women (Norr, Albanese, Allan, & Schmidt, 2015;Schmidt & Koselka, 2000). Therefore, we hypothesized a significant indirect path from gender to PTSD symptoms through AS in a trauma-exposed sample.…”