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

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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.

In: PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY, Vol. 50, No. 5, 5, 2013, p. 488-497.

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@article{635be56b114f498f858f8d0e812e0485,
title = "Induction of dyspnea evokes increased anxiety and maladaptive breathing in individuals with high anxiety sensitivity and suffocation fear.",
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.",
keywords = "Anxiety, Asphyxia, Carbon Dioxide, Data Interpretation, Statistical, Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Dyspnea, Fear, Female, Galvanic Skin Response, Humans, Male, Phobic Disorders, Questionnaires, Respiration, Young Adult",
author = "Alius, {Manuela G} and Pan{\'e}-Farr{\'e}, {Christiane A} and {Von Leupoldt}, Andreas and Hamm, {Alfons O}",
note = "Copyright {\textcopyright} 2013 Society for Psychophysiological Research.",
year = "2013",
doi = "10.1111/psyp.12028",
language = "English",
volume = "50",
pages = "488--497",
journal = "PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY",
issn = "0048-5772",
publisher = "Wiley-Blackwell",
number = "5",

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T1 - Induction of dyspnea evokes increased anxiety and maladaptive breathing in individuals with high anxiety sensitivity and suffocation fear.

AU - Alius, Manuela G

AU - Pané-Farré, Christiane A

AU - Von Leupoldt, Andreas

AU - Hamm, Alfons O

N1 - Copyright © 2013 Society for Psychophysiological Research.

PY - 2013

Y1 - 2013

N2 - 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.

AB - 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.

KW - Anxiety

KW - Asphyxia

KW - Carbon Dioxide

KW - Data Interpretation, Statistical

KW - Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders

KW - Dyspnea

KW - Fear

KW - Female

KW - Galvanic Skin Response

KW - Humans

KW - Male

KW - Phobic Disorders

KW - Questionnaires

KW - Respiration

KW - Young Adult

U2 - 10.1111/psyp.12028

DO - 10.1111/psyp.12028

M3 - SCORING: Journal article

C2 - 23421426

VL - 50

SP - 488

EP - 497

JO - PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY

JF - PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY

SN - 0048-5772

IS - 5

M1 - 5

ER -