Highlights•Negative affectivity is a risk factor for and consequence of substance
misuse.•Intolerance and sensitivity to affect are associated with co** motives for …

" Research on the efficacy of nonpharmacological treatments for the various anxiety
disorders has been ongoing for over three decades at our institutions, the Center for Anxiety …

Background Stress and anxiety are widely considered to be causally related to alcohol
craving and consumption, as well as development and maintenance of alcohol use disorder …

The present study examined the factor structure, invariance properties, reliability, and
validity of the Anxiety Sensitivity Index-3 (ASI-3, Taylor et al., 2007). Participants were …

Introduction: Anxiety sensitivity plays a prominent role in the etiology of anxiety disorders.
This construct has attracted widespread interest from experts and researchers. The Anxiety …

Background Anxiety sensitivity (AS) refers to the tendency to fear physical sensations
associated with anxiety due to concerns about potential physical, social, or cognitive …

Aim A person's ability to tolerate negative emotional states (Distress Tolerance-DT),
uncertainty in their everyday lives (Intolerance of Uncertainty-IU), and a tendency to …

Background and Objectives The nonmedical use of benzodiazepines—defined as use
without a prescription or at a dose or frequency higher than prescribed—is increasing …

Social anxiety disorder is one of the most prevalent anxiety disorders. There is a need to
develop brief, virtual, single-session interventions targeting constructs associated with social …

Objective There is debate surrounding how to differentiate between anorexia nervosa (AN)
and atypical AN (atypAN) as diagnostic entities, and whether a distinction based on BMI is …