In women, physical concerns predict

In women, physical concerns predicted physiological hyperarousal;
however, in men physical concerns did not predict these symptoms. In women,
mental incapacitation predicted the remaining anxiety symptoms measured, that
is, social anxiety symptoms and worry, and depressive symptoms. The unique
relationship between physical concerns and physiological arousal observed in
women falls directly in line with the multidimensional and hierarchical model of
AS. In men, the relationship between the ASI subscales and the anxiety symptoms
and depression shows an alternative differentiation. Unexpectedly in men,
physical concerns differentiated social anxiety from physiological hyperarousal,
worry, and depression. The lack of a predictive relationship between physical
concerns and physiological hyperarousal in men is unclear and warrants further
investigation.