Test of a factor mixture-based taxonic-dimensional model of anxiety sensitivity and panic attack vulnerability among university and clinical samples in Mexico City

Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 491-500

  Bernstein, Amit ^d   Cárdenas, Samuel Jurado ^a   Coy, Patricia Edith Campos ^b   Zvolensky, Michael J ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b Instituto National de Psiquiatria Ramon de la Fuente   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Anxiety sensitivity; Panic

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ANXIETY DISORDER; ANXIETY SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MEXICO; PANIC; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL PHOBIA; SYMPTOM; UNIVERSITY;

EID: 82955249186     PISSN: 08822689     EISSN: 15733505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10862-011-9235-8     Document Type: Article

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