Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) and Smoking: An Evaluation of IBS symptom severity and anxiety sensitivity among adults in the United States

MJ Zvolensky, T Smit, I Dragoi, R Tamminana… - Addictive Behaviors, 2024 - Elsevier
Introduction Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a prevalent disorder of gut-brain function
associated with psychological distress as well as work and quality of life impairment …

What if we have too many models of worry and GAD?

MH Freeston - Behavioural and cognitive psychotherapy, 2023 - cambridge.org
Worry is a chain of thoughts and images, negatively affect-laden and relatively
uncontrollable. The worry process represents an attempt to engage in mental …

Changes in internalizing symptoms and anxiety sensitivity among college students during the COVID-19 pandemic

AC McLeish, KL Walker, JL Hart - Journal of psychopathology and …, 2022 - Springer
The early months of the COVID-19 pandemic saw significant increases in symptoms of
anxiety and depression, particularly among college students. However, research has not …

Brief adjunctive mindfulness-based cognitive therapy via Telehealth for anxiety during the COVID-19 pandemic

EM O'Bryan, E Davis, JR Beadel… - Anxiety, Stress, & …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT Background and Objectives While cognitive–behavioral therapy is a highly
efficacious treatment for anxiety, additional research is needed to identify adjunctive …

Anxiety sensitivity in terms of mental health among a racially and ethnically diverse sample of sexual minority college students

BK Clausen, JM Shepherd, AH Rogers… - Journal of American …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Objective: Limited work has focused on understanding the function of individual difference
factors in terms of mental health among sexual minority college students. Anxiety sensitivity …

Psychometric Properties of the Short Scale Anxiety Sensitivity Index Among Adults with Chronic Respiratory Disease

HL Clark, LJ Dixon, S Ramachandran… - Journal of Clinical …, 2024 - Springer
Approximately one-third of adults with chronic respiratory disease (CRD) have comorbid
depressive and anxiety disorders; yet these disorders are often unrecognized in this patient …

Transdiagnostic processes linking posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms to alcohol use severity

K Wolitzky-Taylor, T Smit, AA Vujanovic… - Journal of dual …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Objective: The high comorbidity between posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and alcohol
use disorder (AUD) is well-established and complex. However, there is a need to explore …

Exploring transdiagnostic processes for chronic pain and opioid misuse among two studies of adults with chronic pain

AH Rogers, L Garey, NP Allan, MJ Zvolensky - Behaviour research and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Chronic pain is a significant public health problem associated with functional impairment,
increased medical expenditures, and opioid misuse. Recent work has suggested that certain …

Anxiety sensitivity mediates relations between anxiety (but not depression) and problematic smartphone use severity, adjusting for age and sex, in Chinese …

CJ Hallauer, EA Rooney, H Yang… - Human Behavior …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Risk factors for problematic smartphone use (PSU) have rapidly become an important area
of research due to the prevalence of smartphones and functional impairment associated with …

Anxiety-related constructs and smoking outcome expectancies among Latinx smokers.

MJ Zvolensky, JM Shepherd, BK Clausen… - Experimental and …, 2023 - psycnet.apa.org
Abstract Hispanic/Latinx (hereafter Latinx) smokers in the United States (US) experience
unique smoking cessation-related challenges. Smoking outcome expectancies (ie, positive …