Predicting COVID-19-related anxiety: The role of obsessive-compulsive symptom dimensions, anxiety sensitivity, and body vigilance.

Autor: Ojalehto HJ; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, United States., Abramowitz JS; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, United States. Electronic address: jabramowitz@unc.edu., Hellberg SN; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, United States., Butcher MW; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, United States., Buchholz JL; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, United States.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Journal of anxiety disorders [J Anxiety Disord] 2021 Oct; Vol. 83, pp. 102460. Date of Electronic Publication: 2021 Jul 29.
DOI: 10.1016/j.janxdis.2021.102460
Abstrakt: The novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19), first detected in December of 2019 and declared a global pandemic in March of 2020, continues to pose a serious threat to public health and safety worldwide. Many individuals report anxiety in response to this threat, and at high levels, such anxiety can result in adverse mental health outcomes and maladaptive behavioral responses that have consequences for the health of communities more broadly. Predictors of excessive anxiety in response to COVID-19 are understudied. Accordingly, the present study examined psychological factors that predict more intense COVID-19-related anxiety. 438 community members completed measures assessing COVID-19-related anxiety as well as psychological variables hypothesized to predict anxious responding to the threat of COVID-19. As expected, obsessive-compulsive symptoms related to contamination, the fear of arousal-related body sensations (i.e., anxiety sensitivity), and body vigilance each predicted more severe anxiety related to the pandemic. Obsessive-compulsive symptoms related to responsibility for causing harm also emerged as a predictor. Study limitations and implications are discussed.
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Databáze: MEDLINE
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