Excessive reassurance seeking and anxiety pathology: Tests of incremental associations and directionality

Cougle, Jesse R.; Fitch, Kristin E.; Fincham, Frank D.; Riccardi, Christina J.; Keough, Meghan E.; Timpano, Kiara R.

doi:10.1016/j.janxdis.2011.10.001

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“…1 Reassurance seeking is a significant predictor of disgust on the BAT, as well as number of steps completed, when controlling for gender, negative affect, and contamination fear. One recent study found general threat-related reassurance seeking to predict avoidance but not fear associated with social anxiety (Cougle et al, 2012); thus, the current findings are consistent with an emerging literature linking reassurance seeking and avoidant behavior. The SHAI-Reassurance Seeking subscale used in our analyses appears to reflect a behavioral dimension of health anxiety, while the other subscales center more on cognitive (i.e., persistent worry about contracting an illness and anticipatory negative consequences of having an illness) and somatic (e.g., attention towards benign bodily sensations or changes) aspects of health concerns.…”

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The association between health anxiety and disgust reactions in a contamination-based behavioral approach task

Goetz

Lee

Cougle

2013

Anxiety, Stress & Coping

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Existing evidence suggests that disgust is an important affective process related to health anxiety. The present study sought to determine the contribution of health anxiety symptoms in the prediction of disgust and behavioral avoidance in a large, nonclinical sample (N=156). Regression analyses showed that overall health anxiety symptoms predicted disgust on a behavioral approach task independent of gender, negative affect, and fear of contamination. Particularly, health anxiety-related reassurance seeking was found to be uniquely associated with disgust and behavioral avoidance after controlling for the aforementioned covariates. In addition, the interaction between health anxiety and contamination fear was tested, and remained significant when controlling for gender and negative affect. These results suggest that heightened contamination fear is associated with elevated disgust reactions such that high levels of health anxiety leads even those low in contamination fear to be disgusted during a behavioral task. These results are in line with previous research on the role of disgust in health anxiety.

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The association between health anxiety and disgust reactions in a contamination-based behavioral approach task

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Lee

Cougle

2013

Anxiety, Stress & Coping

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“…Similarly, in the context of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, it has been revealed that family or romantic partner accommodation is positively related to impairment from symptom. Further, Cougle et al (2012) excessive reassurance seeking to others is positively related to generalized anxiety, social anxiety, and obsessive-compulsive symptom among university student. When fear of anxiety is high, people tend to perceive their anxiety outside their control.…”

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Well-Being and Generalized Anxiety in Japanese Undergraduates: A Prospective Cohort Study

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Psychological well-being is thought to protect against common mental health problems. This study investigated the buffering effects of psychological well-being on the relationships between cognitive vulnerabilities (fear of anxiety and negative beliefs about worry) and GAD symptoms among 297 Japanese undergraduates (female = 62%, age = 18.91 ± 1.61) in a two-wave prospective cohort study. Participants completed the Generalized Anxiety Disorder Questionnaire for DSM-IV, Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale, anxiety control subscale of Affective Control Scale, negative belief about worry subscale of Meta-Cognitions Questionnaire, and Nishida's psychological well-being scale. A moderated regression analysis tested the buffering effect of psychological well-being sub-dimensions on the relationship between cognitive vulnerabilities and generalized anxiety symptoms. Fear of anxiety (b = 0.16, p \ 0.01) and negative Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article

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“…For example, 'Do you find yourself often asking others whether everything will be alright?' from Cougle et al (2012), 'Repeatedly seeking reassurance due to worries' from Andrews et al (2010), and 'I often seek reassurance from my friends and/or romantic partners regarding their feelings for me' from Coleman et al (2011), were all deemed to assess reassurance-seeking. The 26 unique avoidant behaviors were selected as the base item pool for the WBI.…”

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“…Other measures assess a limited range of behaviors, like reassurance-seeking (Cougle et al, 2012;Kobori and Salkovskis, 2013;Rector et al, 2011;Speckens et al, 2000). Beesdo-Baum et al (2012) provide the most comprehensive assessment of avoidant behaviors that are associated with GAD.…”

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The Worry Behaviors Inventory: Assessing the behavioral avoidance associated with generalized anxiety disorder

Mahoney

Hobbs

Newby

et al. 2016

Journal of Affective Disorders

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Excessive reassurance seeking and anxiety pathology: Tests of incremental associations and directionality

Cited by 98 publications

References 43 publications

The association between health anxiety and disgust reactions in a contamination-based behavioral approach task

The association between health anxiety and disgust reactions in a contamination-based behavioral approach task

Well-Being and Generalized Anxiety in Japanese Undergraduates: A Prospective Cohort Study

The Worry Behaviors Inventory: Assessing the behavioral avoidance associated with generalized anxiety disorder

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