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Anxiety sensitivity in adolescence and young adulthood: the role of stressful life events, 5HTTLPR and their interaction.
Depression and anxiety - 1 May 2012
Zavos Helena M S, Wong Chloe C Y, Barclay Nicola L, Keers Robert, Mill Jonathan, Rijsdijk Frühling V, Gregory Alice M, Eley Thalia C
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BACKGROUND: Cognitive biases have long been hypothesized to influence the development and maintenance of symptoms of internalizing problems. Anxiety sensitivity represents one such bias and refers to sensitivity to the physical and emotional symptoms of anxiety and the belief that these are harmful. Twin studies indicate a role for both environmental and genetic influences on anxiety sensitivity. However, little...
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