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Induction of dyspnea evokes increased anxiety and maladaptive breathing in individuals with high anxiety sensitivity and suffocation fear

Alius, Manuela G., Pané‐Farré, Christiane A., Von Leupoldt, Andreas, Hamm, Alfons O.·2013·Psychophysiology

Abstract

Although respiratory symptoms are relevant for diagnosis and etiology of panic disorder, anxiety responses and breathing behavior evoked by induction of dyspnea have rarely been studied. Therefore, dyspnea sensations and affective evaluations evoked by inspiratory resistive loads of different intensities were first assessed in 23 individuals with high versus 24 participants with low anxiety sensitivity (AS). High AS participants with high fear of suffocation rated loads of the same physical intensity as more unpleasant and reported more intense feelings of dyspnea and more respiratory and panic symptoms than low AS individuals. In the second experiment assessing physiological responses to physically comparable loads, high suffocation fear participants showed an increase in minute ventilation to compensate for fear-induced air hunger. This ventilation behavior results in increased frequency of dyspnea sensations, thus increasing fear of suffocation.

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Authors
Alius, M. G., Pané‐Farré, C. A., Von Leupoldt, A., & Hamm, A. O.
Affiliations
  • Universität Greifswald (DE)
  • Department of Clinical Psychology University of Hamburg Hamburg Germany
Corresponding author
Alius, Manuela G.
Venue
Psychophysiology
Publisher
Wiley
Published
2013-02-20
Volume
50
Issue
5
Pages
488-497
ISSN
  • 0048-5772 (ISSN-L)
  • 1469-8986
OpenAlex
W1557070304
Cited by
52
References
51
Citations by year
2026: 4 · 2025: 2 · 2024: 5 · 2023: 1 · 2022: 6 · 2021: 4 · 2020: 3 · 2019: 5 · 2018: 6 · 2017: 5 · 2016: 4 · 2015: 1 · 2014: 5 · 2013: 1
FWCI
4.96
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Psychophysiology (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Endocrine and Autonomic Systems › Neuroscience of respiration and sleep
Keywords
dyspnea, anxiety sensitivity, inspiratory resistance, air hunger, panic disorder, anxiety, minute ventilation, respiratory symptoms
MeSH terms
Anxiety, Asphyxia, Carbon Dioxide, Data Interpretation, Statistical, Dyspnea, Fear, Female, Galvanic Skin Response, Humans, Male, Phobic Disorders, Surveys and Questionnaires, Respiration, Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Young Adult

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