title: Anxiety sensitivity and mindful attention in terms of anxiety and depressive symptoms and disorders among Latinos in primary care.
abstract: The present investigation examined the interactive effects of anxiety sensitivity and mindful attention in relation to anxiety and depressive symptoms and psychopathology among 145 adult Latinos (85.5% female; Mage=39.9, SD=10.8 and 98.6% used Spanish as their first language) who attended a community-based primary healthcare clinic. As expected, the interaction between anxiety sensitivity and mindful attention was significantly related to number of mood and anxiety disorders, social anxiety, and depressive symptoms. No significant interaction, however, was evident for panic (anxious arousal) symptoms. The form of the significant interaction indicated that Latinos reporting co-occurring higher levels of anxiety sensitivity and lower levels of mindful attention evinced the greatest levels of anxiety/depressive psychopathology, social anxiety, and depressive symptoms. These data provide novel empirical evidence suggesting that there is clinically-relevant interplay between anxiety sensitivity and mindful attention in regard to a relatively wide array of anxiety and depressive variables among Latinos in a primary care medical setting.
authors.affiliation: University of Houston, Department of Psychology, Houston, TX, United States; The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Department of Behavioral Science, Houston, TX, United States. Electronic address: mjzvolen@central.uh.edu.
authors.forename: Michael J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Zvolensky
authors.affiliation: University of Houston, Department of Psychology, Houston, TX, United States.
authors.forename: Jafar
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bakhshaie
authors.affiliation: Legacy Community Health Services, Houston, TX, United States.
authors.forename: Monica
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Garza
authors.affiliation: University of Houston, Department of Psychology, Houston, TX, United States.
authors.forename: Daniel J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Paulus
authors.affiliation: Legacy Community Health Services, Houston, TX, United States.
authors.forename: Jeanette
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Valdivieso
authors.affiliation: University of Houston, Department of Psychology, Houston, TX, United States.
authors.forename: Hantin
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Lam
authors.affiliation: Psychotherapeutic Area of "Asociación Ayuda", Anxiety Disorders Clinic, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Bogiaizian
authors.affiliation: University of Houston, Department of Psychology, Houston, TX, United States.
authors.forename: Zuzuky
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Robles
authors.affiliation: Florida State University, Department of Psychology, Tallahassee, FL, United States.
authors.forename: Norman B
authors.initials: NB
authors.lastname: Schmidt
authors.affiliation: University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Center for Neurobehavioral Research on Addictions, Houston, TX, United States.
authors.forename: Anka
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Vujanovic
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001008:Anxiety Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000523:psychology*; D001288:Attention; D015897:Comorbidity; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006630:Hispanic or Latino / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D064866:Mindfulness; D011320:Primary Health Care
keywords: Anxiety; Anxiety sensitivity; Depression; Latinos; Mindful attention; Primary care