title: Situations and specific coping strategies associated with clinical and nonclinical panic attacks.
abstract: The present paper reports the results of further comparisons between clinical and nonclinical panickers. Both panic disorder patients and nonclinical panickers reported a variety of situational contexts associated with panic attacks, and differed markedly in their attempts to cope with panic. Nonclinical panickers tended to use more 'positive' coping strategies in response to panic. Conversely, one of the most commonly used and subjectively effective coping strategies reported by panic disorder patients was to escape the situation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: B J
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Cox
authors.forename: N S
authors.initials: NS
authors.lastname: Endler
authors.forename: R P
authors.initials: RP
authors.lastname: Swinson
authors.forename: G R
authors.initials: GR
authors.lastname: Norton
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D001143:Arousal; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016584:Panic Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*; D012931:Social Environment