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Alexithymia as a Core Trait in Psychosomatic and Other Psychological Disorders
(Springer International Publishing, 2018)
Somatoform and psychosomatic disorder symptoms show strong correlations with alexithymia, a trait believed to constitute a general risk factor for psychopathology and physical health problems. Difficulties stemming from ...
Trait Persistence Moderates the Association between Gender and Change in Smoking Urge Across Repeated Cue Exposure Trials
(2019)
Previous research suggests that persistence, an individual difference characteristic representing the ability and willingness to maintain engagement in challenging or aversive contexts, may relate to smoking relapse. ...
Smoking Consequences Questionnaire: Factor Structure and Invariance among Smokers and Non-Smokers
(2019)
The Smoking Consequences Questionnaire was developed to assess smoking expectancies, which have been found to be linked to the initiation and maintenance of smoking. OBJECTIVES: The purpose of the current study was to ...
Community sample evidence on the relations among behavioural inhibition system, anxiety sensitivity, experiential avoidance, and social anxiety in adolescents
(2018)
Social anxiety in adolescence can have severe consequences including underachievement and school drop-out, psychopathology, and substance use disorders. The development of social anxiety in adolescents is a complex and ...
Valence, arousal or both? Shared emotional deficits associated with Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorder and Oppositional/Defiant-Conduct Disorder symptoms in school-aged youth
(2019)
We examined emotional responses in Attention Deficit Hyperactivity and Oppositional Defiant/Conduct Disorder to affective pictures. Eighty seven children (42 female, Mage = 11.2), with clinical or subclinical symptoms and ...
Alcohol Outcome Expectancies Mediate the Relationship Between Social Anxiety and Alcohol Drinking in University Students: The Role of Gender
(2018)
College alcohol drinking is a public health concern worldwide. A line of research indicates that higher social anxiety is associated with more severe college drinking. However, other studies reveal a protective role of ...
How do illness-anxious individuals process health-threatening information? A systematic review of evidence for the cognitive-behavioral model
(2018)
According to the cognitive-behavioral model, illness anxiety is developed and maintained through biased processing of health-threatening information and maladaptive responses to such information. OBJECTIVE: This study is ...