Journal of Anxiety Disorders
Volume 20, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 281-295

Anxiety sensitivity among Cambodian refugees with panic disorder: A factor analytic investigation (Article)

Hinton D.E.* , Pich V. , Safren S.A. , Pollack M.H. , McNally R.J.
  • a Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 15 Parkman Street, Boston, MA 02114, United States, Southeast Asian Clinic, Arbour Counseling Center, Lowell, MA, United States, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, United States
  • b Southeast Asian Clinic, Arbour Counseling Center, Lowell, MA, United States
  • c Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 15 Parkman Street, Boston, MA 02114, United States, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, United States
  • d Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 15 Parkman Street, Boston, MA 02114, United States, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, United States
  • e Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, United States

Abstract

Among Cambodian refugees with panic disorder (N = 208), we performed two factor analyses, one with the ASI, another with an Augmented ASI (consisting of the 16-item ASI supplemented with a 9-item addendum that assesses additional Cambodian concerns about anxiety-related sensations). The principal component analysis of the ASI yielded a 3-factor solution (I, "Weak Heart Concerns"; II, "Social Concerns"; III, "Control Concerns"); the Augmented ASI, a 4-factor solution: I, "Wind Attack Concerns"; II, "Weak Heart Concerns"; III, "Social Concerns"; and IV, "Control Concerns." The item clustering within the factor solution of both the ASI and Augmented ASI illustrates the role of cultural syndromes in generating fear of mental and bodily events. © 2005 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

Author Keywords

Panic disorder Anxiety Sensitivity Index Panic attacks Catastrophic cognitions Cambodian refugees

Index Keywords

anxiety Panic Disorder refugee Cambodia Cambodian human Factor Analysis, Statistical Refugees middle aged mental performance controlled study panic Humans Severity of Illness Index male female cognition sensitivity and specificity scoring system Article Questionnaires adult human experiment principal component analysis factorial analysis
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DOI: 10.1016/j.janxdis.2005.02.006
ISSN: 08876185
Cited by: 30
Original Language: English