Type of Document	Thesis
Author	Hunter, Lora Rose
URN	etd-11122008-174203
Title	Panic Symptoms and Anxiety Sensitivity in African Americans
Degree	Master of Science
Department	Psychology, Department of
Advisory Committee	Advisor Name Title Norman B. Schmidt Committee Chair E. Ashby Plant Committee Member Natalie Sachs-Ericsson Committee Member
Keywords	Panic Disorder African Americans Race Culture Panic Attacks Anxiety
Date of Defense	2008-11-12
Availability	unrestricted
Abstract Despite the growing population of ethnic minority groups in the United States, there have only been a few investigations of the differential manifestation of psychopathology in these groups. The limited existing literature suggests important differences between African Americans and European Americans with respect to several aspects of anxiety psychopathology. A set of analyses was conducted to investigate differences between African Americans and European Americans in panic attack symptoms, the latent structure of anxiety sensitivity, and the predictive ability of anxiety sensitivity subscales. Consistent with previous reports, African Americans endorsed greater vigilance to physical symptoms and higher levels of anxiety sensitivity. Factor analytic results did not support previously identified latent structures of anxiety sensitivity in either of the samples. However, hierarchical regression results suggest racial differences in the predictive validity of subscales from two different models. These findings are discussed including consideration of cross-cultural construct validity issues and the clinical and research implications.
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