• DOI:10.1007/BF00965035
Corpus ID: 144661241

Discomfort with space and motion: A possible marker of vestibular dysfunction assessed by the situational characteristics questionnaire

@article{Jacob1993DiscomfortWS,
  title={Discomfort with space and motion: A possible marker of vestibular dysfunction assessed by the situational characteristics questionnaire},
  author={R. Jacob and S. Woody and D. Clark and S. Lilienfeld and B. Hirsch and Gail D. Kucera and J. Furman and J. Durrant},
  journal={Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment},
  year={1993},
  volume={15},
  pages={299-324}
}

R. Jacob, S. Woody, +5 authors J. Durrant

Published 1993

Psychology

Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment

Space and motion discomfort (SMD) refers to the situational specificity of symptoms occurring in some patients with vestibular dysfunction, such as those with balance disorders and some with panic disorder. SMD occurs in situations characterized by inadequate visual or kinesthetic information for normal spatial orientation. We report the results of two studies of the construct validity of the Situational Characteristics Questionnaire (SitQ), which has two subscales, both of which measure SMD… CONTINUE READING

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