NONCLINICAL PANICKER PERSONALITY - PROFILE AND DISCRIMINATIVE ABILITY

Differences in personality between nonclinical panickers and nonpanick ers in a college population were examined in two studies. In Study 1, 590 undergraduate students completed the Panic Attack Questionnaire (P AQ), the Structured Clinical Interview for the DSM-III-R Personality D isorders-II Self Report (SCID-II), and the Million Clinical Multiaxial Inventory (MCMI). Nonclinical panickers evidenced more personality di sorder symptomatology than nonpanickers on both the MCMI and SCID-II i nventories. In Study 2, 288 undergraduates completed the SCID-II inven tory, the Eysenck Personality Inventory (EPI), the MMPI anxiety subsca le (MMPI-A), the State Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI), the Barratt Imp ulsiveness Scale (BIS), the Eysenck Impulsiveness Scale version 7 (I.7 ), and the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI). Personality profiles of no nclinical panickers are discussed, as well as the ability of these per sonality measures to discriminate between nonclinical panickers and no npanickers.