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Showing 1 to 20 of 26 for “"intolerance of uncertainty"”.
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Psychometric properties of the intolerance of uncertainty : believability scale
The cognitive theory of the development of anxiety disorders proposes that people’s dysfunctional core beliefs and assumptions affect how they interpret situations. They may often see situations as more dangerous than they really are, and in turn experience symptoms of anxiety. In cognitive …
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Examination of the relationship between intolerance of uncertainty and worry
The present paper consists of two studies intended to further the understanding of intolerance of uncertainty and its relationship to worry. The first study examined the psychometric properties of the English version of the Intolerance of Uncertainty Scale (IUS), which has already been validated in …
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The Impact of Intolerance of Uncertainty on International Students' Intercultural and Intracultural Conflict Management
<p>This study investigates the role of intolerance of uncertainty in international students' conflict management in intracultural and intercultural settings. International students at a large U.S. university were surveyed and their responses were analyzed using quantitative methods. Analyses …
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Toward A Conceptualization Of Emetophobia: Examining Intolerance Of Uncertainty As A Unique Predictor Of Symptoms
… by an irrational and persistent fear of oneself vomiting or others vomiting. Though research on the disorder is sparse, previous investigations have reported interference in social, occupational, and health domains in the lives of individuals with emetophobia (Lipsitz et al., 2001; …
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INTOLERANCE OF UNCERTAINTY FOR IDIOSYNCRATIC CONCERNS IN ANALOGUE GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER, OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER, AND NORMAL CONTROLS
The overall goal of the present study was to demonstrate that intolerance of uncertainty (IU) is a key feature in both generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) and obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). More specifically, I wanted to test certain portions of the conceptual models proposed for the study …
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Assessing the utility of Virtual Reality technology to challenge Intolerance of Uncertainty in adolescents with Autistic Spectrum Disorder and implications for educational settings
This study assessed the utility of Virtual Reality (VR) technology to challenge Intolerance of Uncertainty (IU) in adolescents with Autistic Spectrum Disorder (ASD). IU has utility in explaining anxiety in neurotypical populations but research considering its presentation and effect on anxiety …
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Expanding the Fear of Loss of Vigilance Theory: Using Intolerance of Uncertainty, Responsibility for Harm, and Fear of Sleep to Predict Nocturnal Panic Attacks
… panic involves experiencing panic attacks out of a sleeping state without obvious causes such as nightmares or loud noises. Roughly half of patients with panic disorder will experience nocturnal panic in addition to panic attacks while awake, or daytime panic. Like daytime panic, nocturnal …
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Cognitive correlates of worry in adolescents
… and his colleagues (1998) have developed a model of excessive worry that has been highly effective for predicting the tendency to worry in adults. This model proposes that four process variables are associated with excessive worry: intolerance of uncertainty, positive beliefs about worry, negative …
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Identifying Modifiable Factors Associated with Psychological Health in Women Experiencing Infertility
<p>Infertility affects approximately 12.5% of U.S. women and is often accompanied by psychological distress. The following study aimed to assess the relationship of modifiable psychological factors on depression and anxiety symptoms and posttraumatic growth in women experiencing infertility. Women …
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Trait Affective, Behavioral, and Cognitive Factors of Anxiety and Depressive Symptoms in Children and Adolescents: A Hierarchical Model
… disorders via a hierarchical pathway of trait affectivity and cognitive factors among adults. The current study aimed to replicate and extend this model to symptoms of four internalizing disorders among youth: obsessions and compulsions, generalized anxiety/worry, social anxiety, and …
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Gender differences in worry and associated cognitive-behavioural variables
… gender difference in the worry report of women and men, with women consistently reporting more worry than men (Stavosky & Borkovec, 1988). This study investigated this phenomenon by looking at gender differences in cognitive variables associated with excessive worry. Intolerance of …
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The relationship between worries and safety-seeking behaviour in Generalized Anxiety Disorder
The aim of this qualitative study was to gain an in-depth understanding of experiences and reactions to uncertainty among individuals with Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD). General hypothesises were made that individuals with GAD perceive uncertainty as threatening only in situations that matter …
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Perception, expectation and uncertainty in autism
… are associated with other clinical features of autism. In chapters 1 & 2, I start the thesis by reviewing the literature on perception, sensory issues, anxiety and learning in autism before moving on to introduce Bayesian models of perception in autism. In chapters 3, 4 & 5, I present an …
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The Efficacy of Aerobic Exercise and Resistance Training for Anxiety-Related Disorders and Constructs: A Randomized Controlled Trial
… and comorbid, affecting nearly one third of individuals over their lifetime. Evidence suggests that anxiety-related disorders share common etiology, latent structure, higher-order dimensions, and response to treatment. These similarities have fostered the development of transdiagnostic …
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A cross-sectional examination of candidate psychological factors associated with Post-Psychotic PTSD & Research Portfolio
… determine if PP-PTSD was associated with a sense of serious current threat and negative appraisals of psychosis. Methods: This study recruited 27 individuals with schizophrenia. Associations that PP-PTSD caseness had with fear of recurrence, intolerance of uncertainty, beliefs about paranoia and …
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Uncertainty's Impact on Perceptions Toward Randomness
… study examined the effects that perceived uncertainty and success in a financial decision task had on participant’s attitudes toward uncertainty. One hundred and fifty-three participants were randomly assigned to read one of three possible vignettes in which varying levels of uncertainty …
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The developmental continuity of a cognitive model of worry
Research on the construct of worry has increased dramatically in the past two decades. This research has also tended to focus on adults, with only a limited number of studies examining adolescent populations. With the continued dominance of developmental psychopathology and a lifespan approach to …
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Does Exercise Prevent Exacerbation of Anxiety-Related Vulnerability Factors Following An Analogue Stressor: A Randomized Controlled Trial
… & Wittchen, 2005). The diathesis-stress model of psychopathology explains that stressors interact with vulnerability factors to influence the development of anxiety-related disorders (Monroe & Simmons, 1991); therefore, modifying vulnerability factors before a stressor occurs may reduce or …
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Distinguishing Medial Temporal Lobe and Prefrontal Cortex Contributions to Approach-Avoidance Conflict in Healthy Controls and Generalized Anxiety Disorder: Insights from Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging and the Hierarchical Drift Diffusion Model
… with anxiety and is supported by a network of brain regions including the medial temporal lobe (MTL), striatum, and prefrontal cortex (PFC). This work, however, is limited in two respects. (1) Human models employing functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) have historically relied on …
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