Robust Dimensions of Anxiety Sensitivity: Development and Initial Validation of the Anxiety Sensitivity Index-3

Autor/inn/en	Taylor, Steven; Zvolensky, Michael J.; Cox, Brian J.; Deacon, Brett; Heimberg, Richard G.; Ledley, Deborah Roth; Abramowitz, Jonathan S.; Holaway, Robert M.; Sandin, Bonifacio; Stewart, Sherry H.; Coles, Meredith; Eng, Winnie; Daly, Erin S.; Arrindell, Willem A.; Bouvard, Martine; Cardenas, Samuel Jurado
Titel	Robust Dimensions of Anxiety Sensitivity: Development and Initial Validation of the Anxiety Sensitivity Index-3
Quelle	In: Psychological Assessment, 19 (2007) 2, S.176-188 (13 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1040-3590
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Psychometrics; Psychopathology; Test Validity; Factor Analysis; Anxiety; Factor Structure; Fear; Arousal Patterns; Cognitive Processes; Social Influences; Physical Characteristics; Test Reliability; Measurement Techniques; Symptoms (Individual Disorders); Canada; France; Mexico; Netherlands; Spain; United States + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Psychometry; Psychometrie; Psychopathologie; Testvalidität; Faktorenanalyse; Angst; Faktorenstruktur; Furcht; Cognitive process; Kognitiver Prozess; Sozialer Einfluss; Körperliche Erscheinung; Testreliabilität; Messtechnik; Psychiatrische Symptomatik; Kanada; Frankreich; Mexiko; Niederlande; Spanien; USA
Abstract	Accumulating evidence suggests that anxiety sensitivity (fear of arousal-related sensations) plays an important role in many clinical conditions, particularly anxiety disorders. Research has increasingly focused on how the basic dimensions of anxiety sensitivity are related to various forms of psychopathology. Such work has been hampered because the original measure--the Anxiety Sensitivity Index (ASI)--was not designed to be multidimensional. Subsequently developed multidimensional measures have unstable factor structures or measure only a subset of the most widely replicated factors. Therefore, the authors developed, via factor analysis of responses from U.S. and Canadian nonclinical participants (n = 2,361), an 18-item measure, the ASI-3, which assesses the 3 factors best replicated in previous research: Physical, Cognitive, and Social Concerns. Factorial validity of the ASI-3 was supported by confirmatory factor analyses of 6 replication samples, including nonclinical samples from the United States and Canada, France, Mexico, the Netherlands, and Spain (n = 4,494) and a clinical sample from the United States and Canada (n = 390). The ASI-3 displayed generally good performance on other indices of reliability and validity, along with evidence of improved psychometric properties over the original ASI. (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10