作者: Maria Kleinstäuber , Kristine Jasper , Isabell Schweda , Wolfgang Hiller , Gerhard Andersson
DOI: 10.1080/16506073.2012.717301
关键词: Tinnitus 、 Anxiety 、 Cognition 、 Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale 、 Depression (differential diagnoses) 、 Psychiatry 、 Chronic tinnitus 、 Anxiety sensitivity 、 Clinical psychology 、 Chronic pain 、 Psychology
摘要: The current study investigated the role of fear-avoidance—a concept from chronic pain research—in tinnitus. A self-report measure “Tinnitus Fear-Avoidance Cognitions and Behaviors Scale (T-FAS)” was developed validated. Furthermore, fear-avoidance behavior as mediator relationship between anxiety sensitivity tinnitus handicap investigated. From a clinical setting, N = 373 patients with completed questionnaires assessing (Tinnitus Handicap Inventory), anxiety, depression (Hospital Anxiety Depression Scale), (Anxiety Sensitivity Index-3), personality factors (Big Five Inventory-10), fear-avoidance. To analyze psychometric properties, principal component analysis parallel extraction correlational analyses were used. examine possible mediating effect, hierarchical regression applied. resulted in three-factor solution: Fear-avoidan...