Monitoring, trait anxiety, and panic disorder symptomatology in normal subjects

The present study investigated the relationship between a monitoring coping style and panic disorder symptoms in a normal sample (N = 77). The current study found some positive associations between monitoring, on the one hand , and fear of bodily sensations and agoraphobic avoidance, on the other han d. However, the observed correlations between monitoring and panic disorder symptoms were rather small. Moreover, monitoring was not found to be assoc iated with the catastrophic misinterpretation of bodily sensations. As such misinterpretations are thought to play a crucial role in the etiology of p anic disorder, the present findings do not support the idea that a monitori ng coping style represents a risk factor for panic disorder. (C) 2000 Elsev ier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.