Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-2276
Publication type: Article in scientific journal
Type of review: Peer review (publication)
Title: Pure animal phobia is more specific than other specific phobias : epidemiological evidence from the Zurich Study, the ZInEP and the PsyCoLaus
Authors: Ajdacic-Gross, Vladeta
Rodgers, Stephanie
Müller, Mario
Hengartner, Michael Pascal
Aleksandrowicz, Aleksandra
Kawohl, Wolfram
Heekeren, Karsten
Rössler, Wulf
Angst, Jules
Castelao, Enrique
Vandeleur, Caroline
Preisig, Martin
DOI: 10.1007/s00406-016-0687-4
10.21256/zhaw-2276
Published in: European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience
Volume(Issue): 266
Issue: 6
Page(s): 567
Pages to: 577
Issue Date: Sep-2016
Publisher / Ed. Institution: Springer
ISSN: 0940-1334
1433-8491
Language: English
Subjects: Specific phobia; Animal phobia; Epidemiology; Risk factors; Comorbidity; Methodology
Subject (DDC): 616.8: Neurology, diseases of nervous system
Abstract: Interest in subtypes of mental disorders is growing in parallel with continuing research progress in psychiatry. The aim of this study was to examine pure animal phobia in contrast to other specific phobias and a mixed subtype. Data from three representative Swiss community samples were analysed: PsyCoLaus (n= 3720), the ZInEP Epidemiology Survey (n = 1500) and the Zurich Study (n= 591). Pure animal phobia and mixed animal/other specific phobias consistently displayed a low age at onset of first symptoms (8-12 years) and clear preponderance of females (OR > 3). Meanwhile, other specific phobias started up to 10 years later and displayed almost a balanced sex ratio. Pure animal phobia showed no associations with any included risk factors and comorbid disorders, in contrast to numerous associations found in the mixed subtype and in other specific phobias. Across the whole range of epidemiological parameters examined in three different samples, pure animal phobia seems to represent a different entity compared to other specific phobias. The etiopathogenetic mechanisms and risk factors associated with pure animal phobias appear less clear than ever.
Further description: Erworben im Rahmen der Schweizer Nationallizenzen (http://www.nationallizenzen.ch)
URI: https://digitalcollection.zhaw.ch/handle/11475/2276
Fulltext version: Published version
License (according to publishing contract): Licence according to publishing contract
Departement: Applied Psychology
Organisational Unit: Psychological Institute (PI)
Appears in collections:Publikationen Angewandte Psychologie

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Ajdacic-Gross, V., Rodgers, S., Müller, M., Hengartner, M. P., Aleksandrowicz, A., Kawohl, W., Heekeren, K., Rössler, W., Angst, J., Castelao, E., Vandeleur, C., & Preisig, M. (2016). Pure animal phobia is more specific than other specific phobias : epidemiological evidence from the Zurich Study, the ZInEP and the PsyCoLaus. European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience, 266(6), 567–577. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00406-016-0687-4
Ajdacic-Gross, V. et al. (2016) ‘Pure animal phobia is more specific than other specific phobias : epidemiological evidence from the Zurich Study, the ZInEP and the PsyCoLaus’, European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience, 266(6), pp. 567–577. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00406-016-0687-4.
V. Ajdacic-Gross et al., “Pure animal phobia is more specific than other specific phobias : epidemiological evidence from the Zurich Study, the ZInEP and the PsyCoLaus,” European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience, vol. 266, no. 6, pp. 567–577, Sep. 2016, doi: 10.1007/s00406-016-0687-4.
AJDACIC-GROSS, Vladeta, Stephanie RODGERS, Mario MÜLLER, Michael Pascal HENGARTNER, Aleksandra ALEKSANDROWICZ, Wolfram KAWOHL, Karsten HEEKEREN, Wulf RÖSSLER, Jules ANGST, Enrique CASTELAO, Caroline VANDELEUR und Martin PREISIG, 2016. Pure animal phobia is more specific than other specific phobias : epidemiological evidence from the Zurich Study, the ZInEP and the PsyCoLaus. European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience. September 2016. Bd. 266, Nr. 6, S. 567–577. DOI 10.1007/s00406-016-0687-4
Ajdacic-Gross, Vladeta, Stephanie Rodgers, Mario Müller, Michael Pascal Hengartner, Aleksandra Aleksandrowicz, Wolfram Kawohl, Karsten Heekeren, et al. 2016. “Pure Animal Phobia Is More Specific than Other Specific Phobias : Epidemiological Evidence from the Zurich Study, the ZInEP and the PsyCoLaus.” European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience 266 (6): 567–77. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00406-016-0687-4.
Ajdacic-Gross, Vladeta, et al. “Pure Animal Phobia Is More Specific than Other Specific Phobias : Epidemiological Evidence from the Zurich Study, the ZInEP and the PsyCoLaus.” European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience, vol. 266, no. 6, Sept. 2016, pp. 567–77, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00406-016-0687-4.


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