ArticleFrontiers in psychology2019
The Relationship Between Uncertainty and Affect.
Article in Frontiers in psychology, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT06048068 (Removing Surrogates' Uncertainty to Reduce Fear and Anxiety After Cardiac Events), which is not on this map. Cited by 72 papers.
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Removing Surrogates' Uncertainty to Reduce Fear and Anxiety After Cardiac Events (RESURFACE): A Randomized Pilot Intervention Study
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72 citing papers in PubMed.
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- Psychological and behavioral dimensions in cardiac arrest survivors and their families: A state-of-the-art review.Neurotherapeutics : the journal of the American Society for Experimental NeuroTherapeutics · 2025Review
- Decomposing Intolerance of Uncertainty: No Association With Affective Decision Making in a Community Sample.Computational psychiatry (Cambridge, Mass.) · 2025Article
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Abstract
Uncertainty and affect are fundamental and interrelated aspects of the human condition. Uncertainty is often associated with negative affect, but in some circumstances, it is associated with positive affect. In this article, we review different explanations for the varying relationship between uncertainty and affect. We identify "mental simulation" as a key process that links uncertainty to affective states. We suggest that people have a propensity to simulate negative outcomes, which result in a propensity toward negative affective responses to uncertainty. We also propose the existence of several important moderators of this process, including context and individual differences such as uncertainty tolerance, as well as emotion regulation strategies. Finally, we highlight important knowledge gaps and promising areas for future research, both empirical and conceptual, to further elucidate the relationship between uncertainty and affect.
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