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Cognition and coping in agoraphobia and depression: A multivariate approach
Author(s) -
Hoffart Asle,
Martinsen Egil W.
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
journal of clinical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.124
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1097-4679
pISSN - 0021-9762
DOI - 10.1002/1097-4679(199101)47:1<9::aid-jclp2270470103>3.0.co;2-3
Subject(s) - agoraphobia , psychology , clinical psychology , locus of control , cognition , coping (psychology) , anxiety , multivariate statistics , stepwise regression , attribution , psychiatry , anxiety disorder , developmental psychology , medicine , statistics , mathematics , social psychology
Abstract A multivariate strategy for the cognitive study of overlapping symptom disorders is presented and exemplified by an empirical investigation. Inpatients who met DSM‐III‐R criteria for anxiety and/or unipolar depressive disorders were assessed on 13 agoraphobic and depressive symptom subscales. Factor analyses of these scales were performed and yielded an agoraphobic and a depressive factor. The patients ( N = 117) completed the Multidimensional Health Locus of Control scales, the Attributional Style Questionnaire, and the Ways of Coping Check List. Stepwise regression analyses were performed with the cognitive and coping variables as independent variables. The externalizing of mental health locus of control to chance was the only significant predictor of agoraphobia factor score. Attributional variables were the only consistent predictors of depression factor score.