Cognitive risk profiles for anxiety disorders in a high-risk population.

ABSTRACT: The purpose of the present study was to identify subgroups of participants who may be at particularly high risk for anxiety pathology based on specific combinations of demographic characteristics and higher-order cognitive abilities in a population at disproportionate risk for deficits in cognitive abilities (i.e., smokers within the criminal justice system). Participants (N=495) provided demographic information, were administered a semi-structured diagnostic interview, and completed a number of measures assessing cognitive abilities. A receiver-operating characteristic (ROC) model using signal detection theory indicated that the strongest predictor of anxiety disorder diagnosis was race, with White participants having a 30.6% likelihood of diagnosis and participants in the non-White categ

SUBMITTER: Bardeen JR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4546877 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature