Valentiner D P, Telch M J, Ilai D, Hehmsoth M M
Department of Psychology, University of Texas, Austin 78712.
Behav Res Ther. 1993 May;31(4):395-402. doi: 10.1016/0005-7967(93)90096-d.
The present study examined Reiss and McNally's expectancy model in the prediction of claustrophobic fear, measured across three domains. Non-clinical subjects (N = 117) reporting claustrophobic concerns were administered a behavioral approach test to a claustrophobic chamber. Consistent with the expectancy model, danger expectancy, anxiety expectancy and the interaction of anxiety sensitivity and anxiety expectancy accounted for unique portions of behavioral performance, with other variables partialled out. The expectancy model variable set, however, did not meaningfully relate to subjective fear or heart-rate reactivity. The formulation of anxiety sensitivity as a measure of the salience of anxiety is discussed. These findings lend support to the theory as a model for the behavioral dimension of pathological fear, but not the subjective or physiological facets.
本研究检验了赖斯和 McNally 的预期模型在预测幽闭恐惧症恐惧方面的作用，该恐惧在三个领域进行了测量。报告有幽闭恐惧症担忧的非临床受试者（N = 117）接受了针对幽闭恐惧症舱室的行为趋近测试。与预期模型一致，危险预期、焦虑预期以及焦虑敏感性与焦虑预期的交互作用解释了行为表现的独特部分，其他变量已被排除。然而，预期模型变量集与主观恐惧或心率反应性并无显著关联。文中讨论了将焦虑敏感性作为焦虑显著性度量的构想。这些发现支持了该理论作为病理性恐惧行为维度的模型，但不支持其作为主观或生理方面的模型。
