Synergistic Effects of Pain Intensity and Experiential Avoidance in Relation to Anxiety Symptoms and Disorders among Economically Disadvantaged Latinos in a Community-Based Primary Care Setting

• Published in: Journal of anxiety disorders Vol. 48; pp. 54 - 62
• Main Authors: Bakhshaie, Jafar, M.D. M.A, Kauffman, Brooke Y., B.S, Viana, Andres G., Ph.D., ABPP, Garza, Monica, Ph.D., M.P.H, Ochoa-Perez, Melissa, Lemaire, Chad, M.D, Bogiaizian, Daniel, Ph.D, Robles, Zuzuky, Zvolensky, Michael J., Ph.D
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands Elsevier Ltd 01-05-2017
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Anxiety Disorders - ethnology; Anxiety Disorders - etiology; Arousal; Community Health Services; Experiential avoidance; Fear; Female; Health disparity; Health Status Disparities; Hispanic Americans - psychology; Humans; Latino; Male; Middle Aged; Pain - ethnology; Pain - physiopathology; Pain intensity; Poverty - ethnology; Poverty - psychology; Primary care; Primary Health Care; Psychiatry; Socioeconomic Factors; Surveys and Questionnaires; Texas; Vulnerable Populations; Young Adult; health disparity; pain intensity; primary care; experiential avoidance; Latino; Health disparity; Primary care; Experiential avoidance; Pain intensity
• ISSN: 0887-6185; 1873-7897
• DOI: 10.1016/j.janxdis.2016.08.004

Highlights • Among adult Latinos in a primary care setting, both pain intensity and experiential avoidance were significantly correlated with anxious arousal, social anxiety, and a number of anxiety disorders. • The interaction between experiential avoidance and pain intensity was significantly related to anxiety symptoms and psychopathology after controlling for contextual factors. • Participants reporting co-occurring higher levels of experiential avoidance and pain intensity evinced the greatest levels of anxiety symptoms and psychopathology.