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| Alison C McLeishSummaryAffiliation: University of Mississippi Medical Center Country: USA Publications
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Negative affectivity as a moderator of the association between smoking status and anxiety sensitivity, anxiety symptoms, and perceived health among young adultsAlison C McLeish
Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, Mississippi 39216, USA
J Nerv Ment Dis 197:111-6. 2009..Findings are discussed with regard to the role of negative affectivity in the relation between smoking and panic-related processes...
Symptoms of depression and posttraumatic stress disorder in an outpatient population before and after Hurricane KatrinaAlison C McLeish
Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, Mississippi 39216 4505, USA
Depress Anxiety 25:416-21. 2008..Findings are discussed in relation to the need for collaborative efforts between clinically oriented and research-oriented institutions to study the impact of large-scale disasters on a variety of populations...- Anxiety sensitivity as a moderator of the association between smoking rate and panic-relevant symptoms among a community sample of middle-aged adult daily smokersAlison C McLeish
Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, Mississippi, USA
Am J Addict 18:93-9. 2009..These data suggest that this combination of high AS and heavier smoking is particularly problematic in regard to panic symptoms... 
Anxiety sensitivity as a moderator of the association between smoking status and anxiety symptoms and bodily vigilance: replication and extension in a young adult sampleAlison C McLeish
University of Mississippi Medical Center, Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Jackson, MS 39216, USA
Addict Behav 33:315-27. 2008..Findings are discussed with regard to the role of anxiety sensitivity in the relation between smoking and panic processes...- Anxiety sensitivity and perceived control over anxiety-related events: associations with smoking outcome expectancies and perceived cessation barriers among daily smokersKristin L Gregor
Department of Psychology, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT 05405 0134, USA
Nicotine Tob Res 10:627-35. 2008..Together, these findings further the literature on the relation between anxiety-relevant cognitive factors and psychological smoking processes... - Incremental validity of anxiety sensitivity in terms of motivation to quit, reasons for quitting, and barriers to quitting among community-recruited daily smokersMichael J Zvolensky
University of Vermont, Department of Psychology, Burlington, VT 05405 0134, USA
Nicotine Tob Res 9:965-75. 2007..Results are discussed in relation to better understanding the role of anxiety sensitivity in psychological processes associated with smoking cessation... - Anxiety sensitivity and affect regulatory strategies: individual and interactive risk factors for anxiety-related symptomsTodd B Kashdan
Department of Psychology, MS 3F5, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA 22030, United States
J Anxiety Disord 22:429-40. 2008..Results are discussed in the context of how and when affect regulatory behavior shifts individuals from normative anxiety to pathology... - Concurrent associations between anxiety sensitivity and perceived health and health disability among young adult daily smokersAlison C McLeish
Department of Psychology, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, USA
Cogn Behav Ther 36:1-11. 2007..These findings are discussed with respect to better understanding cognitive factors that affect perceptions of health status and functioning among daily smokers... - Interaction between smoking rate and anxiety sensitivity: relation to anticipatory anxiety and panic-relevant avoidance among daily smokersAlison C McLeish
The University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, USA
J Anxiety Disord 21:849-59. 2007..Overall, these data suggest that AS is an important individual difference factor that, when coupled with higher rates of smoking, is associated with greater levels of avoidance and anticipatory anxiety among daily smokers... - A test of the interactive effects of anxiety sensitivity and mindfulness in the prediction of anxious arousal, agoraphobic cognitions, and body vigilanceAnka A Vujanovic
The University of Vermont, Department of Psychology, 2 Colchester Avenue, John Dewey Hall, Burlington, VT 05405 0134, USA
Behav Res Ther 45:1393-400. 2007..Contrary to prediction, the AS by mindfulness interaction did not significantly predict body vigilance. Theoretical implications are discussed and future directions are delineated... - Perceived health moderates the association between smoking rate and panic vulnerability variables among daily smokersAlison C McLeish
Department of Psychology, University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont, USA
Depress Anxiety 23:257-65. 2006..The identification of such moderating effects is clinically important, because it helps to refine our understanding of complex associations between drug behavior and panic vulnerability... - Anxiety sensitivity interacts with marijuana use in the prediction of anxiety symptoms and panic-related catastrophic thinking among daily tobacco usersMichael J Zvolensky
Department of Psychology, University of Vermont, John Dewey Hall, 2 Colchester Avenue, Room 202, Burlington, 05405 0134, USA
Behav Res Ther 44:907-24. 2006..These results are discussed in relation to better understanding the potential role of regular marijuana use and anxiety sensitivity for panic-relevant emotional vulnerability among regular tobacco smokers... - Smoking and panic attacks, panic disorder, and agoraphobia: a review of the empirical literatureMichael J Zvolensky
Department of Psychology, The University of Vermont, 2 Colchester Avenue, John Dewey Hall, Burlington, VT 05405 0134, USA
Clin Psychol Rev 25:761-89. 2005..In the fourth section of the paper, specific areas not otherwise covered in the review are presented to stimulate further development in these areas (e.g., specialized treatment development)... - Anxiety sensitivity: Concurrent associations with negative affect smoking motives and abstinence self-confidence among young adult smokersMichael J Zvolensky
Department of Psychology, University of Vermont, 2 Colchester Avenue, John Dewey Hall, Burlington, VT 05405 0134, USA
Addict Behav 31:429-39. 2006..Results are discussed in relation to better understanding cognitive-based smoking processes among individuals at heightened risk for panic psychopathology... - Incremental validity of mindfulness-based attention in relation to the concurrent prediction of anxiety and depressive symptomatology and perceptions of healthMichael J Zvolensky
Department of Psychology, University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont 05405 0134, USA
Cogn Behav Ther 35:148-58. 2006..Results are discussed in relation to the construct development of mindfulness-based attention, and specifically, the role(s) of this factor in emotional and physical health processes...