Synergistic Effects of Pain Intensity and Experiential Avoidance in Relation to Anxiety Symptoms and Disorders among Economically Disadvantaged Latinos in a Community-Based Primary Care Setting

Highlights • Among adult Latinos in a primary care setting, both pain intensity and experiential avoidance were significantly correlated with anxious arousal, social anxiety, and a number of anxiety disorders. • The interaction between experiential avoidance and pain intensity was significantly rela...

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Published in:Journal of anxiety disorders 2017-05, Vol.48, p.54-62
Main Authors: Bakhshaie, Jafar, M.D. M.A, Kauffman, Brooke Y., B.S, Viana, Andres G., Ph.D., ABPP, Garza, Monica, Ph.D., M.P.H, Ochoa-Perez, Melissa, Lemaire, Chad, M.D, Bogiaizian, Daniel, Ph.D, Robles, Zuzuky, Zvolensky, Michael J., Ph.D
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Anxiety Disorders - ethnology
Anxiety Disorders - etiology
Arousal
Community Health Services
Experiential avoidance
Fear
Female
Health disparity
Health Status Disparities
Hispanic Americans - psychology
Humans
Latino
Male
Middle Aged
Pain - ethnology
Pain - physiopathology
Pain intensity
Poverty - ethnology
Poverty - psychology
Primary care
Primary Health Care
Psychiatry
Socioeconomic Factors
Surveys and Questionnaires
Texas
Vulnerable Populations
Young Adult
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Summary:Highlights • Among adult Latinos in a primary care setting, both pain intensity and experiential avoidance were significantly correlated with anxious arousal, social anxiety, and a number of anxiety disorders. • The interaction between experiential avoidance and pain intensity was significantly related to anxiety symptoms and psychopathology after controlling for contextual factors. • Participants reporting co-occurring higher levels of experiential avoidance and pain intensity evinced the greatest levels of anxiety symptoms and psychopathology.
ISSN:0887-6185
1873-7897
DOI:10.1016/j.janxdis.2016.08.004