ArticleFrontiers in psychiatry2023
Intolerance of uncertainty heightens negative emotional states and dampens positive emotional states.
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- The Effect of Intolerance of Uncertainty on Indecisiveness in Anxiety and Obsessive-Compulsive Disorders.Journal of clinical psychology · 2026Trial
- Validation of the intolerance of uncertainty scale-12 in a sample of pregnant people.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2025Trial
- Familial Risk and Resilience Moderate the Association Between Intolerance of Uncertainty and Youth Suicidal Ideation.Journal of clinical psychology · 2026Article
- Longitudinal Serial Mediation Relationship of Intolerance of Uncertainty, Irrational Happiness Beliefs and Mistake Rumination with Family Communication.The Psychiatric quarterly · 2026Article
- Predicting Anxiety in Secondary School Teachers: A Transdiagnostic Approach.European journal of investigation in health, psychology and education · 2026Article
- Living with the Unknown: Intolerance of Uncertainty in Parkinson's Disease.Movement disorders clinical practice · 2026Review
- Why do teachers procrastinate? The role of fear of negative evaluation and intolerance of uncertainty.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- Mediating effect of fear of happiness between intolerance of uncertainty and anxiety among Lebanese adults.Global mental health (Cambridge, England) · 2026Article
- Gameful experience, exercise identity, and exercise adherence among Chinese university students: A moderated chain mediation model.PloS one · 2026Article
- Intolerance of uncertainty, paranoia, and prodromal symptoms: Comparisons between a schizophrenia spectrum disorder, anxiety disorder and non-clinical sample.Psychology and psychotherapy · 2025Article
- Characterization and factors influencing the uncertainty of intolerable in older adults with multimorbidity: A Cross-sectional study.BMC geriatrics · 2025Article
- Intolerance of uncertainty causally affects indecisiveness.The British journal of clinical psychology · 2025Article
- Addressing Anxiety and Depression in the Allergy Clinic Through Motivational Interviewing, Brief Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and Curious Questions.The journal of allergy and clinical immunology. In practice · 2025Review
- Depression, anxiety, and stress in polycystic ovary syndrome: understanding the impact of adult separation anxiety and uncertainty intolerance.BMC women's health · 2025Article
- Effects of outcome uncertainty related to gain and loss, performance feedback, and individual differences during a cognitive control task.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
- Network analytical investigation of relationships between symptoms of common mental disorders among refugees and asylum seekers in Türkiye.Epidemiology and psychiatric sciences · 2024Article
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- The supervisory relationship as a predictor of mental health outcomes in doctoral students in the United Kingdom.Frontiers in psychology · 2024Article
- The association between intolerance of uncertainty and academic burnout among university students: the role of self-regulatory fatigue and self-compassion.Frontiers in public health · 2024Article
- An Examination of Intolerance of Uncertainty in Schizophrenia.Clinical psychology & psychotherapyArticle
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Abstract
Individuals high in self-reported Intolerance of Uncertainty (IU) tend to view uncertainty as unbearable and stressful. Notably, IU is transdiagnostic, and high levels of IU are observed across many different emotional disorders (e.g., anxiety, depression). Research has primarily focused on how IU evokes and modulates emotional states such as fear and anxiety. However, recent research suggests that IU may have relevance for a broader range of emotional states. Here, an online survey was conducted to examine whether IU evokes and modulates a range of negative (e.g., fear/anxiety, sadness/upset, anger/frustration, disgust) and positive (e.g., happiness/joy, excitement/enthusiasm, surprise/interest) emotional states. Findings within a community sample (
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