March 1, 1999
View Full PaperDimensions underlying the anxiety disorders: a hierarchical perspective
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Abstract
The anxiety disorders reflect an underlying hierarchic organization. They all share a common higher order dimension of neuroticism/negative affect, which represents a general vulnerability to stress. In addition, each individual syndrome contains a unique component (which itself may reflect multiple lower order dimensions) that distinguishes it from all of the others. Recent evidence relevant to dimensions at varying levels within this hierarchy is reviewed.