Threat sensitivity mediates the association between perceived safety and anxiety in adolescents from urban communities

IF 3.7 2区医学 Q1 PSYCHIATRY

Journal of psychiatric research Pub Date : 2025-01-01 DOI:10.1016/j.jpsychires.2024.11.046

Carmen Carpenter , Autumm R. Heeter , MacKenna M. Shampine , Leah C. Gowatch , Samantha L. Ely , Amanpreet Bhogal , Emilie-Clare L. O'Mara , Clara G. Zundel , Nina M. Lipanski , Breanna A. Borg , Sharon Marshall , Laura J. Benjamins , Hannah Schacter , Christopher Youngman , Hilary A. Marusak

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Abstract

Purpose

Despite the prevalence of violence exposure (VE) among youth and its link to increased risk for anxiety and related psychiatric disorders, few studies have examined potential mediators. The present study investigated the relationships among lifetime VE, perceived safety, threat sensitivity, and anxiety symptoms in adolescents from an urban minority community (Detroit, MI).

Methods

A sample of 54 adolescents (ages 14–18, 55.6% female) self-reported on VE, safety, threat sensitivity, and anxiety symptoms in an online survey. Linear regression analyses were conducted to examine the associations among these variables.

Results

Results indicated that perceived safety, but not VE, was significantly associated with lower anxiety and threat sensitivity. Furthermore, threat sensitivity mediated the association between perceived safety and anxiety symptoms.

Discussion

The findings of the present study highlight (1) the potential protective role of perceived safety and (2) threat sensitivity as a potential target for disrupting anxiety-related pathways in adolescents with VE.

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威胁敏感性在城市社区青少年安全感知与焦虑之间起中介作用。

目的：尽管暴力暴露（VE）在青少年中普遍存在，并与焦虑和相关精神疾病风险增加有关，但很少有研究调查了潜在的调节因素。本研究调查了来自城市少数民族社区（底特律，密歇根州）的青少年终生VE、感知安全性、威胁敏感性和焦虑症状之间的关系。方法：对54名青少年（14-18岁，女性55.6%）进行在线调查，自我报告VE、安全性、威胁敏感性和焦虑症状。进行线性回归分析以检验这些变量之间的关联。结果：结果表明，安全感与焦虑和威胁敏感性的降低有显著相关性，而VE与焦虑和威胁敏感性的降低无显著相关性。此外，威胁敏感性在感知安全与焦虑症状之间起中介作用。讨论：本研究的结果强调了(1)感知安全的潜在保护作用和(2)威胁敏感性是破坏VE青少年焦虑相关通路的潜在目标。

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Journal of psychiatric research 医学-精神病学

CiteScore

7.30

自引率

2.10%

发文量

622

审稿时长

130 days

期刊介绍： Founded in 1961 to report on the latest work in psychiatry and cognate disciplines, the Journal of Psychiatric Research is dedicated to innovative and timely studies of four important areas of research: (1) clinical studies of all disciplines relating to psychiatric illness, as well as normal human behaviour, including biochemical, physiological, genetic, environmental, social, psychological and epidemiological factors; (2) basic studies pertaining to psychiatry in such fields as neuropsychopharmacology, neuroendocrinology, electrophysiology, genetics, experimental psychology and epidemiology; (3) the growing application of clinical laboratory techniques in psychiatry, including imagery and spectroscopy of the brain, molecular biology and computer sciences;