title: An examination of worry in relation to anxious responding to voluntary hyperventilation among adolescents.
abstract: This study examined the association between worry and fearful responding to a 3-min voluntary hyperventilation procedure. Participants were 160 adolescents (71 females) between the ages of 12 and 17 years (M=14.92 years). After accounting for the significant effects of state anxiety and anxiety sensitivity, results indicated that pre-challenge levels of worry indexed by the Penn State Worry Questionnaire-Child Version predicted post-challenge anxiety and intensity of panic symptoms. Results are discussed in terms of the role of worry in relation to panic-relevant emotional vulnerability among youth.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Vermont, John Dewey Hall, 2 Colchester Avenue, Burlington, VT 05405, USA. eleenfe@uark.edu
authors.forename: Ellen W
authors.initials: EW
authors.lastname: Leen-Feldner
authors.forename: Matthew T
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Feldner
authors.forename: Matthew T
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Tull
authors.forename: Lizabeth
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Roemer
authors.forename: Michael J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Zvolensky
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001007:Anxiety / Q000523:psychology*; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006985:Hyperventilation / Q000523:psychology*; D008297:Male; D008347:Manifest Anxiety Scale; D010200:Panic; D011601:Psychophysics; D014836:Volition