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The relationship between obsessive compulsive beliefs and symptoms, anxiety and disgust sensitivity, and Swine Flu fears

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Brand, Joseph, McKay, Dean, Wheaton, Michael G., Abramowitz, Jonathan S.·2013·Journal of Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders

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Using the 2009 Swine Flu outbreak as a contemporary example of pandemic fears, this study examined the relationship between various symptoms related to anxiety sensitivity and Swine Flu fears. It was hypothesized that both obsessive-compulsive (OC) beliefs and OC symptoms would significantly predict Swine Flu fears. It was also hypothesized that symptoms of anxiety, including measures of anxiety sensitivity and disgust sensitivity would significantly mediate the relationship between both OC beliefs and OC symptoms and Swine Flu fears. A total of 393 undergraduate students completed measures of Swine Flu fears, anxiety sensitivity, OC beliefs and symptoms, and disgust sensitivity. It was found that both OC beliefs and OC symptoms significantly predicted Swine Flu fears. While disgust sensitivity significantly mediated the relationship between both OC beliefs and OC symptoms and Swine Flu fears using the Sobel test, anxiety sensitivity was a significant mediator only for OC symptoms. Additionally, path modeling showed that anxiety sensitivity mediated the relationship between OC symptoms and Swine Flu fears best. The results of this study may be useful for treating individuals suffering from anxiety in light of future pandemics, as well as continuing to research the role of anxiety symptoms in predicting pandemic fears.

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  • The COVID-19 Fear Index was created for the study to assess participants' fear concerning COVID-19.

    “the CFI was constructed for the current study to assess participants’ level of fear concerning COVID-19.”

    From Anxiety Sensitivity Mediates Relations Between Mental Distress Symptoms and Medical Care Utilization During COVID-19 Pandemic. (2021) · cites this paper as Brand et al., 2013

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Authors
Brand, J., McKay, D., Wheaton, M. G., & Abramowitz, J. S.
Affiliations
Fordham University (US)
Corresponding author
Brand, Joseph
Venue
Journal of Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2013-04
Volume
2
Issue
2
Pages
200-206
ISSN
2211-3649 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2038413516
Cited by
88
References
35
Citations by year
2026: 1 · 2025: 1 · 2024: 7 · 2023: 9 · 2022: 17 · 2021: 35 · 2020: 12 · 2018: 2 · 2017: 3 · 2016: 1
FWCI
0.45
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
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  • Journal of Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Fordham Research Commons (Fordham University) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › COVID-19 and Mental Health
Keywords
obsessive-compulsive symptoms, pandemic fear, anxiety sensitivity, disgust sensitivity, mediation, 2009 H1N1 pandemic, anxiety disorders

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