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Evaluation of Perseveration in Relation to Panic-Relevant Responding: An Initial Test

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 November 2011

Teresa M. Leyro ,
Erin C. Berenz ,
Charles P. Brandt ,
Jasper A. J. Smits  and
Michael J. Zvolensky
Teresa M. Leyro*
Affiliation:
University of California, San Francisco, USA
Erin C. Berenz
Affiliation:
Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, USA
Charles P. Brandt
Affiliation:
University of Houston, USA
Jasper A. J. Smits
Affiliation:
Southern Methodist University, Dallas, USA
Michael J. Zvolensky
Affiliation:
University of Houston, USA
*
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Abstract

Background: Perseveration reflects the tendency to engage in a behavior even when it is no longer rewarding nor produces the expected consequences. Method: The current study explored whether (1) individuals endorsing a recent (past 2 years) history of nonclinical panic attacks would report greater levels of perseveration compared to individuals without such a history; (2) whether individuals endorsing higher levels of perseveration would evidence greater panic-relevant responding to a 4-minute 10% carbon dioxide-enriched air challenge. Results: Results indicated that individuals with, compared to without, a positive panic attack history endorsed significantly greater levels of perseveration. Additionally, greater pre-challenge levels of perseveration significantly predicted greater panic attack symptom severity as well as self-reported anxiety; these significant effects were evident above and beyond the variance accounted for by sex, trait-level negative affectivity, panic attack status, and distress tolerance as well as shared variance with the related constructs of persistence and perfectionism. Discussion: Together, the current findings provide initial, albeit preliminary, support for the utlity of investigating perseveration in relation to models of panic psychopathology specifically, and offer a further empirical context for perseveration-psychopathology relations in general.

Keywords

Perseverationpersistenceperfectionismbodily sensationsbiological challengepanic psychopathology
Type
Research Article
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Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy , Volume 40 , Issue 2 , March 2012 , pp. 205 - 219
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Copyright © British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies 2011

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