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Are current theories of panic falsifiable?
JournalArticle (Originalarbeit in einer wissenschaftlichen Zeitschrift)
 
ID 70210
Author(s) Roth, Walton T.; Wilhelm, Frank H.; Pettit, Dean
Author(s) at UniBasel Wilhelm, Frank
Year 2005
Title Are current theories of panic falsifiable?
Journal Psychological bulletin
Volume 131
Number 2
Pages / Article-Number 171-192
Keywords review, panic, theory, falsifiability, cognition, respiration, neuroanatomy
Abstract The authors examine 6 theories of panic attacks as to whether empirical approaches are capable of falsifying them and their heuristic value. The authors conclude that the catastrophic cognitions theory is least falsifiable because of the elusive nature of thoughts but that it has greatly stimulated research and therapy. The vicious circle theory is falsifiable only if the frightening internal sensations are specified. The 3-alarms theory postulates an indeterminate classification of attacks. Hyperventilation theory has been falsified. The suffocation false alarm theory lacks biological parameters that unambiguously index dyspnea or its distinction between anticipatory and panic anxiety. Some correspondences postulated between clinical phenomena and brain areas by the neuroanatomical hypothesis may be falsifiable if panic does not depend on specific thoughts. All these theories have heuristic value, and their unfalsifiable aspects are capable of modification.
Publisher American Psychological Association
ISSN/ISBN 0033-2909
edoc-URL http://edoc.unibas.ch/dok/A5250347
Full Text on edoc Restricted
Digital Object Identifier DOI 10.1037/0033-2909.131.2.171
PubMed ID http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15740414
ISI-Number WOS:000227423200001
Document type (ISI) Review
 
   

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