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Disgust, anxiety and fainting symptoms associated with blood-injection-injury fears: a structural model.
J Anxiety Disord. 2006; 20(1):23-41.JA

Abstract

The present study examines the structural relations between disgust sensitivity, anxiety symptoms, blood-injection-injury (BII) fears, and fainting symptoms associated with BII fears in 259 nonclinical participants. Results revealed that both disgust and BII fear were independent predictors of fainting symptoms. However, structural equation modeling revealed that the relation between disgust sensitivity and fainting was reduced to negative and non-significance when the path from BII fear to fainting was also introduced. Subsequent analysis indicated that the relation between disgust sensitivity and fainting symptoms was fully mediated by BII fear. It was also found that animal reminder disgust was related to fainting symptoms whereas core disgust was not. However, the relation between animal reminder disgust and fainting was also fully mediated by BII fear. Furthermore, anxiety symptoms did not add directly to the structural model predicting fainting associated with BII fears. Implications of these findings for better understanding the interaction of the emotional mechanisms that mediate fainting responses in BII phobia are discussed.

Authors+Show Affiliations

Olatunji BO
Department of Psychology, University of Arkansas, 216 Memorial Hall, Fayetteville, AR 72701, USA. oolatun@uark.edu
Williams NL
No affiliation info available
Sawchuk CN
No affiliation info available
Lohr JM
No affiliation info available

MeSH

AdolescentAffectAnxiety DisordersBloodFearFemaleHumansInjectionsMalePhobic DisordersSurveys and QuestionnairesSyncopeWounds and Injuries

Pub Type(s)

Journal Article
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

Language

eng

PubMed ID

16325112

Citation

Olatunji, Bunmi O., et al. "Disgust, Anxiety and Fainting Symptoms Associated With Blood-injection-injury Fears: a Structural Model." Journal of Anxiety Disorders, vol. 20, no. 1, 2006, pp. 23-41.
Olatunji BO, Williams NL, Sawchuk CN, et al. Disgust, anxiety and fainting symptoms associated with blood-injection-injury fears: a structural model. J Anxiety Disord. 2006;20(1):23-41.
Olatunji, B. O., Williams, N. L., Sawchuk, C. N., & Lohr, J. M. (2006). Disgust, anxiety and fainting symptoms associated with blood-injection-injury fears: a structural model. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 20(1), 23-41.
Olatunji BO, et al. Disgust, Anxiety and Fainting Symptoms Associated With Blood-injection-injury Fears: a Structural Model. J Anxiety Disord. 2006;20(1):23-41. PubMed PMID: 16325112.
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TY - JOUR T1 - Disgust, anxiety and fainting symptoms associated with blood-injection-injury fears: a structural model. AU - Olatunji,Bunmi O, AU - Williams,Nathan L, AU - Sawchuk,Craig N, AU - Lohr,Jeffrey M, Y1 - 2005/01/22/ PY - 2004/08/25/received PY - 2004/11/04/revised PY - 2004/11/29/accepted PY - 2005/12/6/pubmed PY - 2006/5/12/medline PY - 2005/12/6/entrez SP - 23 EP - 41 JF - Journal of anxiety disorders JO - J Anxiety Disord VL - 20 IS - 1 N2 - The present study examines the structural relations between disgust sensitivity, anxiety symptoms, blood-injection-injury (BII) fears, and fainting symptoms associated with BII fears in 259 nonclinical participants. Results revealed that both disgust and BII fear were independent predictors of fainting symptoms. However, structural equation modeling revealed that the relation between disgust sensitivity and fainting was reduced to negative and non-significance when the path from BII fear to fainting was also introduced. Subsequent analysis indicated that the relation between disgust sensitivity and fainting symptoms was fully mediated by BII fear. It was also found that animal reminder disgust was related to fainting symptoms whereas core disgust was not. However, the relation between animal reminder disgust and fainting was also fully mediated by BII fear. Furthermore, anxiety symptoms did not add directly to the structural model predicting fainting associated with BII fears. Implications of these findings for better understanding the interaction of the emotional mechanisms that mediate fainting responses in BII phobia are discussed. SN - 0887-6185 UR - https://www.unboundmedicine.com/medline/citation/16325112/Disgust_anxiety_and_fainting_symptoms_associated_with_blood_injection_injury_fears:_a_structural_model_ DB - PRIME DP - Unbound Medicine ER -