Transdiagnostic Fear and Anxiety: Prospective Prediction Using the No-Threat, Predictable Threat, and Unpredictable Threat Task.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Fear and anxiety are distinct dimensions of psychopathology that may be characterized by differences in dimensional threat reactivity. Heightened response to predictable threat is hypothesized to underlie fear symptomatology, whereas increased response to unpredictable threat may underlie anxiety. Despite widespread acceptance of this model, these purported associations have rarely been tested, and the prognostic value of predictable and unpredictable threat responding is unclear. Here we examined multilevel indicators of predictable and unpredictable threat response as cross-sectional correlates and prospective predictors of transdiagnostic fear and anxiety.

Methods

Fifty-two individuals with varying levels of internalizing psychopathology (31 female) performed t

SUBMITTER: Wilson KA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10593901 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature