Characterological traits of recovered patients with panic disorder and agoraphobia

Three self-rating personality inventories were administered to 33 patients who had recovered from panic disorder associated with agoraphobia and to 33 healthy subjects matched for sociodemographic variables. The personality inventories comprised the Tridimensional Personality Questionnaire (TPQ), wh...

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Published in:Journal of affective disorders 1991-11, Vol.23 (3), p.113-117
Main Authors: Saviotti, Francesco M., Grandi, Silvana, Savron, Gianni, Ermentini, Roberta, Bartolucci, Giovanna, Conti, Sandra, Fava, Giovanni A.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Affective Symptoms - psychology
Affective Symptoms - therapy
Agoraphobia
Agoraphobia - psychology
Agoraphobia - therapy
Anxiety disorders
Arousal
Female
Humans
Male
Panic
Panic Disorder - psychology
Panic Disorder - therapy
Personality
Personality Development
Personality Inventory - statistics & numerical data
Prodromal symptoms
Psychometrics
Risk Factors
Social Environment
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Summary:Three self-rating personality inventories were administered to 33 patients who had recovered from panic disorder associated with agoraphobia and to 33 healthy subjects matched for sociodemographic variables. The personality inventories comprised the Tridimensional Personality Questionnaire (TPQ), which provides three major dimensions (novelty seeking, harm avoidance and reward dependance), the Anxiety Sensitivity Index (ASI) and the Emotional Inhibition Scale (EIS). Agoraphobic patients reported significantly more TPQ harm avoidance and anxiety sensitivity than controls. Although these findings might have been influenced by residual anxiety symptoms in panic-free patients and could also apply to patients with other anxiety disorders, they suggest that harm avoidance and anxiety sensitivity may be risk factors for developing agoraphobia and panic disorder. There may be overlap between this characterologic cluster and prodromal symptoms of panic disorder with agoraphobia, such as anxiety, phobias and hypochondriasis.
ISSN:0165-0327
DOI:10.1016/0165-0327(91)90023-L