Anxiety sensitivity among Cambodian refugees with panic disorder: A factor analytic investigation.
Among Cambodian refugees with panic disorder (N = 208), we performed two factor analyses, one with the ASI, another with an Augmented ASI (consisting of the 16-item ASI supplemented with a 9-item addendum that assesses additional Cambodian concerns about anxiety-related sensations). The principal component analysis of the ASI yielded a 3-factor solution (I, "Weak Heart Concerns"; II, "Social Concerns"; III, "Control Concerns"); the Augmented ASI, a 4-factor solution: I, "Wind Attack Concerns"; II, "Weak Heart Concerns"; III, "Social Concerns"; and IV, "Control Concerns." The item clustering within the factor solution of both the ASI and Augmented ASI illustrates the role of cultural syndromes in generating fear of mental and bodily events.
Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, 15 Parkman Street, WACC 812, Boston, MA 02114, USA. devon_hinton@hms.harvard.edu
Devon E
DE
Hinton
Vuth
V
Pich
Steven A
SA
Safren
Mark H
MH
Pollack
Richard J
RJ
McNally
D001007:Anxiety / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000523:psychology; D002160:Cambodia; D003071:Cognition; D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016584:Panic Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000208:ethnology*; D012036:Refugees / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires