Reciprocal links between anxiety sensitivity and obsessive-compulsive symptoms in youth: a longitudinal twin study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Anxiety sensitivity, the tendency to fear the symptoms of anxiety, is a key risk factor for the development anxiety disorders. Although obsessive-compulsive disorder was previously classified as an anxiety disorder, the prospective relationship between anxiety sensitivity and obsessive-compulsive symptoms (OCS) has been largely overlooked. Furthermore, a lack of genetically informative studies means the aetiology of the link between anxiety sensitivity and OCS remains unclear.

Methods

Adolescent twins and siblings (N = 1,579) from the G1219 study completed self-report questionnaires two years apart assessing anxiety sensitivity, OCS, anxiety and depression. Linear regression models tested prospective associations between anxiety sensitivity and OCS, with and witho

SUBMITTER: Krebs G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7497024 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature