Sensibilidad a la ansiedad versus rasgo de ansiedad en la predicción del nivel de miedos
- Sandín, Bonifacio
- Valiente García, Rosa María
- Chorot, Paloma
- Santed Germán, Miguel Angel
- Lostao, Lourdes
ISSN: 0211-7339, 2173-6855
Year of publication: 2007
Volume: 33
Issue: 148
Pages: 139-158
Type: Article
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Abstract
This study evaluated three interrelated hypotheses concerning separation between anxiety sensitivity (AS) and trait-anxiety and how specífic AS dimensions predicts fear. A sample of 910 undergraduates completed a psychometric assessment package that included the Spanish version ofthe Anxiety Sensitivity Index (ASI; Reiss et al., 1986; Sandin et al., 2004) and measures of fears, anxiety, depression and personality. AS was analyzed at the levels of the total scale and the three ASI-subscales (Physical, Cognitive-, and Social-Concems). The ASI was found to be statistically the best predictor, accounting for fears aboye and beyond the vanance accounted for by the remaining variables. The Physical Concems subscale was predictive of agoraphobic and blood-injection-injury fears, whereas the Social Concems subscale predicted social fears. Findings were discussed in relation to (1) separation between AS and trait-anxiety, (2) differential predictive validity of AS, and (3) predictive validity ofthe Spanish version of the ASI.