Agoraphobic Behavior in Daily Life
Effects of Social Roles and Demographic Characteristics
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 13665698 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Chantal I M Dijkman-Caes (Department of Psychiatry, Neuropsychology and Sociobehavioral Science, University of Limburg), Marten W de Vries (Department of Psychiatry, Neuropsychology and Sociobehavioral Science, University of Limburg), Herro F Kraan (Department of Psychiatry, Neuropsychology and Sociobehavioral Science, University of Limburg), Alexander Volovics (Department of Medical Statistics, University of Limburg) |
| Year | 1993 |
| Volume | 72 |
| Issue | 3_suppl |
| Pages | 1283-1293 |
| Publication date | 1993-06-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Psychological Reports (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0033-2941 • E-ISSN: 1558-691X |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2466/pr0.1993.72.3c.1283 |
| PMID | 8337342 |
| OpenAlex | W44177848 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 12 |
Agoraphobia is related to demographic characteristics and social roles. To unravel behavioral aspects from demographic characteristics, daily life situations were registered with the Experience Sampling Method for 65 panic patients with and without agoraphobia. Surprisingly, panic patients with and without agoraphobia did not differ as hypothesized in reported frequencies of visits to public places. Panic subjects with agoraphobia did, however, spend significantly more time at home and with their families than did panic patients without agoraphobia and normal controls. When adjusted for demographic variables such as sex, marital status, family life, and employment, no significant differences between panic patients with and without agoraphobia emerged on the avoidance variables of remaining at home or being with a family member. The lack of discrimination of the diagnosis on these crucial behavioral variables highlights the influence of demographic characteristics and social roles on agoraphobia in daily life. Such findings challenge current diagnostic conceptualizations that rely on retrospective reports by patients of the avoidance of public places. Moreover, reliance on retrospective reports obscured the important role of significant others for understanding etiology and course
Agoraphobia · Anxiety · Marital status · Panic · Panic disorder · Population · Psychiatry · Clinical Psychology · Flow Experience in Various Fields · Medicine · Mental Health Research Topics · Mind wandering and attention · Psychology
| Citations per year | 0.03 |
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| Citation span | 1997 - 1997 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |