Anxiety Sensitivity Prospectively Predicts Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms Following a Campus Shooting
Anxiety Sensitivity Prospectively Predicts Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms Following a Campus Shooting
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DOI：
10.1016/j.beth.2016.02.006
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发表时间：
2016-05-01
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3.7
通讯作者：
Schmidt, Norman B.
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作者：
Boffa, Joseph W.;Norr, Aaron M.;Schmidt, Norman B.
焦虑敏感性（AS）是焦虑唤醒的可怕后果，已知与创伤后应激症状（PTSS）同时和纵向相关。然而，没有研究证明标准A创伤事件之前的AS是否可以预测后来的PTSS。本研究评估是否preshooting AS预测PTSS以下的校园射击，以及是否preshooting AS互动与射击曝光预测PTSS。参与者包括本科生（N = 71）谁完成了自我报告电池后，在心理学导论注册。在本学期晚些时候的校园枪击事件后，他们被邀请完成PTSS和射击暴露水平的测量。射击前AS水平显著预测射击后PTSS。这种影响是合格的一个显着的AS射击曝光互动，这样那些高AS谁是暴露于射击报告的PTSS水平最高。虽然所有三个射击前的身体，认知和社会AS子因素表现出显着预测射击后PTSS的主要影响，只有AS的身体问题显着相互作用与射击曝光。本研究的影响，作为一个因果风险因素的创伤后应激障碍的AS进行了讨论。
Anxiety sensitivity (AS), the feared consequences of anxious arousal, is known to be related to posttraumatic stress symptoms (PTSS) concurrently and longitudinally. However, no studies have demonstrated whether AS prior to a Criterion A traumatic event predicts later PTSS. The present study evaluated whether preshooting AS predicted PTSS following a campus shooting, as well as whether preshooting AS interacted with shooting exposure to predict PTSS. Participants comprised undergraduates (N = 71) who completed a self-report battery upon enrolling in Introductory Psychology. After a campus shooting later in the semester, they were invited to complete measures of PTSS and level of exposure to the shooting. Preshooting levels of AS significantly predicted PTSS after the shooting. This effect was qualified by a significant AS by shooting exposure interaction, such that those with high AS who were exposed to the shooting reported the greatest levels of PTSS. Though all three of the preshooting physical, cognitive, and social AS subfactors demonstrated main effects significantly predicting postshooting PTSS, only AS physical concerns significantly interacted with shooting exposure. The implications of this study concerning AS as a causal risk factor for PTSD are discussed.