The Central Role of Gastrointestinal-Specific Anxiety in Irritable Bowel Syndrome: Further Validation of the Visceral Sensitivity Index
Jennifer S. Labus, PhD,
Emeran A. Mayer, MD,
Lin Chang, MD,
Roger Bolus, PhD and
Bruce D. Naliboff, PhD
From the Departments of Medicine (L.C., E.A.M.), Physiology (E.A.M.), Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences (J.S.L., E.A.M.), and Brain Research Institute (E.A.M., B.D.N.), Center for Neurovisceral Sciences and Womens Health, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA; VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System (L.C., B.D.N.), Los Angeles, California.

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Figure 1. Mediation models for the intervening variable models. Unstandardized path coefficients are denoted in parentheses and mediated effects in brackets.
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