Department of Psychology, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32306, USA.
Behav Ther. 2010 Dec;41(4):567-74. doi: 10.1016/j.beth.2010.04.002. Epub 2010 Jun 18.
Research focused on psychological risk factors for anxiety psychopathology has led to better conceptualization of these conditions as well as pointed toward preventative interventions. Anxiety sensitivity (AS) has been well-established as an anxiety risk factor, while distress tolerance (DT) is a related construct that has received little empirical exploration within the anxiety psychopathology literature. The current investigation sought to extend the existing literature by examining both DT and the relationship between DT and AS across a number of anxiety symptom dimensions, including panic, generalized anxiety, social anxiety, and obsessive-compulsive anxiety. Participants (N=418) completed a number of measures that assessed DT, AS, anxiety symptomatology, and negative affect. Findings indicated that DT was uniquely associated with panic, obsessive compulsive, general worry, and social anxiety symptoms, but that DT and AS were not synergistically associated with each of these symptom dimensions. These findings indicate that an inability to tolerate emotional distress is associated with an increased vulnerability to experience certain anxiety symptoms.
研究集中在焦虑症的心理风险因素上，这使得人们对这些病症的概念有了更好的理解，并指出了预防干预的方向。焦虑敏感（AS）已被充分确立为焦虑的风险因素，而痛苦耐受力（DT）是一个相关的概念，在焦虑症文献中很少有实证研究。目前的研究试图通过在许多焦虑症状维度（包括惊恐、广泛性焦虑、社交焦虑和强迫症）上同时检查 DT 和 DT 与 AS 之间的关系，来扩展现有文献。参与者（N=418）完成了一些评估 DT、AS、焦虑症状和负性情绪的测量。结果表明，DT 与惊恐、强迫症、一般性担忧和社交焦虑症状有独特的关联，但 DT 和 AS 与这些症状维度中的每一个都没有协同关联。这些发现表明，无法忍受情绪困扰与增加某些焦虑症状的易感性有关。
