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Emotional avoidance: an experimental test of individual differences and response suppression using biological challenge.
Full Abstract
The present study examined the affective consequences of response inhibition during a state of anxiety-related physical stress. Forty-eight non-clinical participants were selected on the basis of pre-experimental differences in emotional avoidance (high versus low) and subjected to four inhalations of 20% carbon dioxide-enriched air. Half of the participants were instructed to inhibit the challenge-induced aversive emotional state, whereas the other half was instructed to simply observe their emotional response. Participants high in emotional avoidance compared to those low in emotional avoidance responded with greater levels of anxiety and affective distress but not physiological arousal. Individuals high in emotional avoidance also reported greater levels of anxiety relative to the low emotional avoidance group when suppressing compared to observing bodily sensations. These findings are discussed in terms of the significance of emotional avoidance processes during physical stress, with implications for better understanding the nature of panic disorder.
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Author information
Author/s: Feldner, M T (MT); Zvolensky, M J (MJ); Eifert, G H (GH); Spira, A P (AP);
Affiliation: The University of Vermont, Department of Psychology, Anxiety and Health Research Laboratory, John Dewey Hall, Burlington 05405 0134, USA. mattfeldner(-atsign-)hotmail.com
Journal and publication information
Publication Type: Clinical Trial; Journal Article; Randomized Controlled Trial
Journal: Behaviour research and therapy (Behav Res Ther), published in England. (Language: eng)
Reference: 2003-Apr; vol 41 (issue 4) : pp 403-11
Dates: Created 2003/03/19; Completed 2003/06/23; Revised 2004/11/17;
PMID: 12643964, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 11/6/2008)
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