Psicothema was founded in Asturias (northern Spain) in 1989, and is published jointly by the Psychology Faculty of the University of Oviedo and the Psychological Association of the Principality of Asturias (Colegio Oficial de Psicología del Principado de Asturias).
We currently publish four issues per year, which accounts for some 100 articles annually. We admit work from both the basic and applied research fields, and from all areas of Psychology, all manuscripts being anonymously reviewed prior to publication.
Jorge Osma1, Azucena García-Palacios2, Cristina Botella2 and Juan Ramón Barrada1
1 Universidad de Zaragoza and
2 Universitat Jaume I
Background:No studies have been found that compared the psychopathology features, including personality disorders, of Panic Disorder (PD) and Panic Disorder with Agoraphobia (PDA), and a nonclinical sample with anxiety vulnerability. Method: The total sample included 152 participants, 52 in the PD/PDA, 45 in the high anxiety sensitivity (AS) sample, and 55 in the nonclinical sample. The participants in PD/PDA sample were evaluated with the structured interview ADIS-IV. The Brief Symptom Inventory and the MCMI-III were used in all three samples. Results: Statistically significant differences were found between the PD/PDA and the nonclinical sample in all MCMI-III scales except for antisocial and compulsive. No significant differences were found between PD/PDA and the sample with high scores in AS. Phobic Anxiety and Paranoid Ideation were the only scales where there were significant differences between the PD/PDA sample and the high AS sample. Conclusions: Our findings showed that people who scored high on AS, despite not having a diagnosis of PD/PDA, were similar in regard to psychopathology features and personality to individuals with PD/PDA.
Trastornos de personalidad en pacientes con trastorno de pánico y en personas con alta sensibilidad a la ansiedad. Antecedentes: no se han encontrado estudios que comparen variables psicopatológicas, incluyendo trastornos de personalidad, entre pacientes con Trastorno de pánico (TP) y Trastorno de pánico con agorafobia (TPA), y una muestra no clínica con vulnerabilidad a la ansiedad. Método: la muestra total fue de 152 participantes, 52 en la muestra de TP/TPA, 45 en la muestra no clínica con alta sensibilidad a la ansiedad (SA) y 55 en la no clínica con baja SA. Los participantes con TP/TPA fueron evaluados a través de la entrevista estructurada ADIS-IV. Administramos el Inventario Breve de Síntomas y el MCMI-III en las tres muestras. Resultados: se encontraron diferencias estadísticamente significativas entre la muestra con TP/TPA y la no clínica con baja SA en todas las escalas salvo en la antisocial y compulsiva. No encontramos diferencias significativas entre la muestra con TP/TPA y la muestra no clínica con alta SA. Las únicas escalas psicopatológicas que diferencian las muestras clínica y con alta SA fueron la Ansiedad Fóbica y la Ideación Paranoide. Conclusiones: nuestros resultados muestran que las personas que puntúan alto en SA, a pesar de no tener un diagnóstico de TP/TPA, son muy similares a los pacientes con TP/TPA en variables psicopatológicas y de personalidad.
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https://doi.org/10.7334/psicothema2013.248