Leen-Feldner Ellen W, Feldner Matthew T, Reardon Laura E, Babson Kimberly A, Dixon Laura
Department of Psychology, Arkansas Institute of Developmental Science, University of Arkansas, 216 Memorial Hall, Fayetteville, AR 72701, USA.
Behav Res Ther. 2008 Apr;46(4):548-56. doi: 10.1016/j.brat.2008.01.014. Epub 2008 Feb 1.
Total and factor scores of the Childhood Anxiety Sensitivity Index (CASI) were examined in relation to posttraumatic stress symptom levels within a community-based sample of 68 (43 females) traumatic event-exposed youth between the ages of 10 and 17 years (M age=14.74 years). Findings were consistent with hypotheses; global anxiety sensitivity (AS) levels, as well as disease, unsteady, and mental incapacitation concerns, related positively to posttraumatic stress levels, whereas social concerns were unrelated to symptom levels. These results suggest that fears of the physical and mental consequences of anxiety are associated with relatively higher levels of posttraumatic stress subsequent to traumatic event exposure. Findings are discussed in terms of potential implications for the role of AS in developmentally sensitive etiological models of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
在一个基于社区的样本中，对68名（43名女性）年龄在10至17岁（平均年龄 = 14.74岁）经历过创伤事件的青少年的儿童焦虑敏感性指数（CASI）总分及因子得分与创伤后应激症状水平的关系进行了研究。研究结果与假设一致；总体焦虑敏感性（AS）水平以及对疾病、身体不稳和精神无能的担忧与创伤后应激水平呈正相关，而社交方面的担忧与症状水平无关。这些结果表明，对焦虑的身心后果的恐惧与创伤事件暴露后相对较高水平的创伤后应激有关。从AS在创伤后应激障碍（PTSD）的发育敏感病因模型中的潜在作用的角度对研究结果进行了讨论。
