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Citation |
Jasnoski MB, Bell IR, Peterson R. Anxiety Stress Coping 1994; 7(1): 19-34. |
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Copyright |
(Copyright © 1994, Informa - Taylor and Francis Group) |
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unavailable |
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Abstract |
Panic attacks have recently been connected to behavioral inhibition, or extreme shyness. Rather than a direct correlation between shyness and panic attacks, three indirect pathways were found in this structural modeling study. A structural model was derived empirically from 168 subjects and then subsequently tested on 167 new subjects. The three pathways reflect diverse conceptual positions current in the panic literature: 1) One indirect pathway identified shyness ? hay fever ? panic; 2) The second indirect pathway was composed of shyness ? anxiety ? anxiety sensitivity ? panic; and 3) The third indirect pathway occurred between shyness ? anxiety ? panic, omitting anxiety sensitivity. The term ?panic? in these pathways refers to panic symptoms. |