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| Research article summary (published 30 Jul 2002): |
A general anxiety-prone cognitive style in anxiety disorders.
Full Abstract
OBJECTIVE:
This study compared scores on the Anxious Thoughts & Tendencies (AT&T) questionnaire, a putative measure of a general anxiety-prone cognitive style, among patients with panic disorder without agoraphobia (PD, n=62), panic disorder with agoraphobia (PDA, n=29), generalized anxiety disorder (GAD, n=43), limited social phobia (LSP, n=34), generalized social phobia (GSP, n=33), and community residents (n=319).
METHOD:
Candidates for treatment studies completed a diagnostic interview and the AT&T. AT&T scores were compared among anxious groups using analysis of variance. Then depressed and non-depressed patients were compared. The final analysis compared anxious groups without comorbid depressive or anxiety disorders.
RESULTS:
AT&T scores were highest in PDA patients, followed by patients with GAD or GSP, then patients with PD or LSP, with community residents lowest. Depressed patients were higher than non-depressed patients. Patients with current or past comorbid depressive disorders did not differ. The ranking of anxious groups on AT&T scores remained unchanged after exclusion of patients with comorbid disorders. Patients with PD or LSP without comorbidity had the same AT&T levels as the community sample.
CONCLUSIONS:
The AT&T discriminates PDA and GAD from PD per our hypothesis. The low AT&T levels among patients with PD and LSP suggest no association with a general anxiety-prone cognitive style. LSP and GSP may be distinct disorders. The cognitive style assessed by the AT&T is also associated with depression and may be a marker for vulnerability to depression. Definitive conclusions about a pathogenic role for cognitions require their measurement before the onset of the disorder.Copright 2002 Elsevier Science BV.
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Author information
Author/s: Uhlenhuth, E H (EH); Starcevic, Vladan (V); Warner, Teddy D (TD); Matuzas, William (W); McCarty, Teresita (T); Roberts, Brian (B); Jenkusky, Steven (S);
Affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, 2400 Tucker, N.E., Albuquerque, NM 87131-5326, USA. uhli@unm.edu
Grants: S07 RR-05583-22 (Agency:United States NCRR)
Journal and publication information
Publication Type: Comparative Study; Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.
Journal: Journal of affective disorders (J Affect Disord), published in Netherlands. (Language: eng)
Reference: 2002-Aug; vol 70 (issue 3) : pp 241-9
Dates: Created 2002/07/19; Completed 2002/09/10; Revised 2007/11/14;
PMID: 12128236, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 11/6/2008)
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