TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2008//
TI  - The high‐novelty–seeking, impulsive subtype of generalized social anxiety disorder
JO  - Depression and anxiety
A1  - Kashdan, Todd B.
A1  - Hofmann, Stefan G.
SP  - 535
EP  - 541
VL  - 25
IS  - 6
N2  - This study examined potential subgroups of patients with generalized social anxiety disorder (SAD) based on novelty-seeking tendencies. Eighty-two outpatients with DSM-IV generalized SAD were recruited from an outpatient anxiety clinic and assessed with the Tridimensional Personality Questionnaire. The novelty-seeking subscales, reflecting risk-prone and disinhibited behavior tendencies, served as dependent measures in a series of cluster analysis procedures. Two qualitatively different SAD subgroups were identified: (1) low novelty-seeking tendencies and (2) high-novelty–seeking tendencies. These groups did not differ in social anxiety symptom severity. Women were less likely to be classified in the high-novelty–seeking group. Clinician severity ratings for comorbid substance use disorders were greater in the high-novelty–seeking group. These findings contribute to growing evidence for the heterogeneity of SAD. High-novelty–seeking, risk-prone, and disinhibited behavior tendencies are a characteristic feature of a distinct subgroup. Depression and Anxiety 0:1–7, 2007. Published 2007 Wiley-Liss, Inc.<p /> 
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SN  - 1091-4269
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/da.20382
ID  - ref1
ER  -