Psychiatria Danubina, Vol. 35 No. 3, 2023.
Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.24869/psyd.2023.344
CORRELATION AMONG EXPERIENTIAL AVOIDANCE, ANXIETY SENSITIVITY AND BEHAVIORAL INHIBITION SYSTEM IN GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER AND PANIC DISORDER PATIENTS
Serap Akdeniz Görgülü
; M.D., Specialist: Psychiatry Clinic of Bigadiç State Hospital Balıkesir/Turkey
Hayriye Baykan
; Assoc. Prof.: Department of Psychiatry, Balıkesir University Faculty of Medicine Balıkesir/Turkey
Tunay Karlıdere
; Prof Dr.: Department of Psychiatry, Balıkesir University Faculty of Medicine Balıkesir/Turkey
Abstract
Purpose: This study aimed to analyze the concepts of experiential avoidance, anxiety sensitivity and behavioral inhibition system
through healthy volunteers and patients diagnosed with anxiety disorder. It was planned to analyze and evaluate the correlation among
the levels of experiential avoidance, anxiety sensitivity and behavioral inhibition system in various anxiety groups.
Method: Within the scope of this study, clinical interviews were carried out with patients who sought treatment at the Psychiatry
Department of the Hospital of Balıkesir University Medical Faculty. The study included 50 Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD)
patients and 50 Panic Disorder (PD) patients who fulfilled the study criteria and accepted to participate in the study. A voluntary
control group of 50 individuals with similar age and gender with the patients was formed. The participants were evaluated through the
Acceptance and Action Questionnaire-II (AAQ-II), Behavioral Inhibition System/Behavioral Approach System Scale (BIS/BAS Scale),
and Anxiety Sensitivity Index-3 (ASI-3).
Results: In this study, the anxiety sensitivity, behavioral inhibition system sensitivity and experiential avoidance levels were all
found to be higher in both the GAD and PD patients than the controls. On the other hand, the scale scores did not significantly differ
between the GAD patients and PD patients. Positive correlations were determined among anxiety sensitivity, experiential avoidance
and behavioral inhibition system. Our data provided findings supporting that the development of anxiety disorders entails increased
anxiety sensitivity, behavioral inhibition system sensitivity and experiential avoidance levels.
Discussion: The literature has shown, through separate studies, a correlation among experiential avoidance, anxiety sensitivity
and behavioral inhibition system as well as a correlation between these concepts and anxiety disorders, and this study handled them
altogether to reveal their correlation with anxiety in a clinical environment.
Keywords
Generalized anxiety disorder; Panic disorder; Experiential avoidance; Anxiety sensitivity; Behavioral inhibition system
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Publication date:
25.10.2023.
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