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10. Pain-Related Disability and Opioid Use in a Sample of Young Adults with Current Pain: The Explanatory Role of Distress Tolerance

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Bakhshaie, Jafar, Storch, Eric A., and Zvolensky, Michael J.

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Objective: The current study examined the mediating role of distress tolerance on the association between pain-related disability and addiction to opioids, past-month opioid use, and risky opioid use among an ethno-racially diverse sample of young adults with current pain. Methods: Participants were 141 undergraduate college students (78.7% female, M age = 22.50, SD = 5.41) who reported experiencing current pain. Results: Results indicated that distress tolerance statistically significantly explained the relationship between pain-related disability and addiction to opioids, past-month opioid use, and risky opioid use after controlling for the variance accounted for by pain intensity, negative affectivity, gender, and other substance misuses. Conclusions: Clinical implications are discussed in terms of targeting distress tolerance in the context of pain-related disability among young adults with pain who are at risk for opioid misuse.

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2023
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11. Eating Expectancies among Trauma-Exposed Latinx College Students: The Role of Mindful Attention

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Eades, Natasha D., Kauffman, Brooke Y., Bakhshaie, Jafar, Cardoso, Jodi Berger, and Zvolensky, Michael J.

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Objective: Emergent research suggests that trauma-exposed Latinx college students are a particularly at-risk group for eating-related problems. For this reason, there is a need to further understand the cognitive processes that may underpin maladaptive eating among this vulnerable segment of the population. Participants: Participants included 304 trauma exposed Latinx college students (84.5% females; M[subscript age] = 22.8 years, SD = 5.79). Methods: The current study examined the role of mindful attention in relation to several distinct expectancies related to eating. Results: Results indicated that lower reported levels of mindful attention were associated with greater levels of expectancies of eating to help manage negative affect, expectancies that eating will alleviate boredom, and expectancies that eating will lead to feeling out of control. Conclusions: These findings suggest that it may be beneficial to assess for mindful attention among Latinx college students with a history of trauma exposure presenting with problematic eating behaviors.

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2023
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31. The Association between Distress Tolerance and Eating Expectancies among Trauma-Exposed College Students with Obesity

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Kauffman, Brooke Y., Bakhshaie, Jafar, and Zvolensky, Michael J.

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Objective: Obesity is a significant health concern among college populations, and trauma-exposed students are particularly at risk for behaviors associated with weight gain. There is need for further understanding of factors that may contribute to increased obesity among this population. Participants: Participants included 139 trauma-exposed college students with obesity (76.3% females; M[subscript age] = 25.4 years, SD = 8.07). Method: The current cross-sectional study examined distress tolerance in terms of expectancies of eating to help manage negative affect and to lead to feeling out of control among trauma-exposed college students with obesity. Results: Results indicated that lower perceived distress tolerance was associated with greater expectancies of eating to help manage negative affect and to lead to feeling out of control. Conclusions: These findings suggest that distress tolerance may be a clinically significant target for treatment in order to better understand and treat expectancies of eating among trauma-exposed college students with obesity.

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2022
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32. Anxiety sensitivity and Pain Experience: a prospective investigation among World Trade Center Responders

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Rogers, Andrew H., Zvolensky, Michael J., Vujanovic, Anka A., Ruggero, Camilo J., Oltmanns, Joshua, Waszczuk, Monika A., and Luft, Benjamin J.

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Chronic pain -- Risk factors -- Demographic aspects -- Development and progression, First responders -- Psychological aspects -- Health aspects, Anxiety -- Complications and side effects -- Demographic aspects, Stress (Psychology) -- Health aspects -- Demographic aspects, Psychology and mental health
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Chronic pain is a significant public health problem and is exacerbated by stress. The World Trade Center (WTC) Disaster represents a unique stressor, and responders to the WTC disaster are at increased risk for pain and other health complaints. Therefore, there is a significant need to identify vulnerability factors for exacerbated pain experience among this high-risk population. Anxiety sensitivity (AS), defined as fear of anxiety-related sensations, is one such vulnerability factor associated with pain intensity and disability. Yet, no work has tested the predictive effects of AS on pain, limiting conclusions regarding the predictive utility and direction of associations. Therefore, the current study examined the prospective associations of AS, pain intensity, and pain interference among 452 (M.sub.age = 55.22, SD = 8.73, 89.4% male) responders to the WTC disaster completing a 2-week daily diary study. Using multi-level modeling, AS total score was positively associated with both pain intensity and pain interference, and that AS cognitive concerns, but not social or physical concerns, were associated with increased pain. These results highlight the importance of AS as a predictor of pain complaints among WTC responders and provide initial empirical evidence to support AS as a clinical target for treating pain complaints among WTC responders., Author(s): Andrew H. Rogers [sup.1] , Michael J. Zvolensky [sup.1] [sup.2] [sup.3] , Anka A. Vujanovic [sup.1] , Camilo J. Ruggero [sup.4] , Joshua Oltmanns [sup.5] , Monika A. Waszczuk [...]

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2022
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