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Familial association of anxiety sensitivity and psychopathology
Author(s) -
East Allison J.,
Berman Mitchell E.,
Stoppelbein Laura
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
depression and anxiety
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.634
H-Index - 129
eISSN - 1520-6394
pISSN - 1091-4269
DOI - 10.1002/da.20227
Subject(s) - offspring , psychopathology , anxiety , association (psychology) , psychology , mood , clinical psychology , mood disorders , anxiety sensitivity , anxiety disorder , psychiatry , pregnancy , biology , genetics , psychotherapist
The purpose of this study was to examine the association between parental (biological mother and father) and adult–offspring anxiety sensitivity (AS), and to determine whether parental AS is related to psychopathology in offspring. We obtained offspring ( N =174) self‐ratings of anxiety, mood, and stress symptoms, and assigned psychiatric diagnoses using a semistructured clinical interview. Biological mothers, fathers, and offspring independently completed a self‐report measure of AS. We hypothesized that (1) there would be a positive relation between parental and offspring AS, and (2) AS in parents would be positively associated with psychopathology in offspring. Results indicated that paternal (but not maternal) AS was associated with offspring AS and psychopathology. Depression and Anxiety 24:264–267, 2007. Published 2006 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.