Journal
ASSESSMENT
Volume 14, Issue 2, Pages 129-143Publisher
SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC
DOI: 10.1177/1073191106295053
Keywords
Anxiety Sensitivity Index; confirmatory factor analysis; the Netherlands
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- NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH [F31MH073205] Funding Source: NIH RePORTER
- NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DRUG ABUSE [R01DA018734, R21DA016227, R03DA016566, F31DA021006] Funding Source: NIH RePORTER
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The present investigation examined the factor structure, internal consistency, and construct validity of the 16-item Anxiety Sensitivity Index (ASI; Reiss Peterson, Gursky, & McNally 1986) in a young adult sample (n = 420)from the Netherlands. Confirmatory factor analysis was used to comparatively evaluate two-factor three-factor, and four-factor models of the anxiety sensitivity construct. Support was found for a hierarchical structure of anxiety sensitivity, with one global higher-order factor and four lower-order factors. Internal consistency for the global and lower-order factors of the 16-item ASI was adequate. Convergent and discriminant associations between the 16-item ASI and general mood and panic-specific variables were consistent with anxiety sensitivity theory. In addition, incremental validity of the anxiety sensitivity construct was established, relative to negative affectivity, for unexpected panic attacks and agoraphobic avoidance.
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