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ArticleJournal of anxiety disorders2024

Intolerance of uncertainty as a predictor of anxiety severity and trajectory during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Rosanna Breaux, Kristin Naragon-Gainey, Benjamin A Katz, Lisa R Starr, Jeremy G Stewart, Bethany A Teachman, Katie L Burkhouse, M Kathleen Caulfield, Christine B Cha, Samuel E Cooper and 17 more

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Rosanna BreauxDepartment of Psychology, Virginia Tech, USA.
Kristin Naragon-GaineySchool of Psychological Science, University of Western Australia, Australia.
Benjamin A KatzDepartment of Psychology, Stony Brook University, USA.
Lisa R StarrDepartment of Psychology, University of Rochester, USA.
Jeremy G StewartDepartment of Psychology, Queen's University, UK.
Bethany A TeachmanDepartment of Psychology, University of Virginia, USA.
Katie L BurkhouseDepartment of Psychology, Penn State University, USA.
M Kathleen CaulfieldDepartment of Psychology, University of Pittsburgh, USA.
Christine B ChaDepartment of Counseling and Clinical Psychology, Columbia University, USA.
Samuel E CooperDepartment of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Texas, Austin, USA.
Edwin DalmaijerSchool of Psychological Science, University of Bristol, UK.
Katie KriegshauserDepartment of Psychology, University of Missouri, Kansas City, USA.
Susan KusmierskiDepartment of Psychology, University of Pittsburgh, USA.
Cecile D LadouceurDepartment of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh, USA.
Gordon J G AsmundsonDepartment of Psychology, University of Regina, Canada.
Darlene M Davis GoodwineAidan Behavioral Health and Consulting, USA.
Eiko I FriedDepartment of Clinical Psychology, Leiden University, USA.
Ilana GratchDepartment of Counseling and Clinical Psychology, Columbia University, USA.
Philip C KendallDepartment of Psychology and Neuroscience, Temple University, USA.
Shmuel LissekDepartment of Psychology, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, USA.
Adrienne ManbeckDepartment of Psychology, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, USA.
Tyler C McFaydenCarolina Institute for Developmental Disabilities, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA.
Rebecca B PriceDepartments of Psychiatry and Psychology, University of Pittsburgh, USA.
Kathryn RoeckleinDepartment of Psychology, University of Pittsburgh, USA.
Aidan G C WrightDepartment of Psychology, University of Michigan,USA.
Iftah YovelDepartment of Psychology, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel.
Lauren S HallionDepartment of Psychology, University of Pittsburgh, USA. Electronic address: hallion@pitt.edu.

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Common and Specific Neural Mechanisms of Perseverative Thought in Real-World ContextsK01MH116328 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI HALLION, LAUREN S · 2018 to 2022
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NIMH NIH HHS K01 MH116328
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundEfforts to identify risk and resilience factors for anxiety severity and course during the COVID-19 pandemic have focused primarily on demographic rather than psychological variables. Intolerance of uncertainty (IU), a transdiagnostic risk factor for anxiety, may be a particularly relevant vulnerability factor.

methodN = 641 adults with pre-pandemic anxiety data reported their anxiety, IU, and other pandemic and mental health-related variables at least once and up to four times during the COVID-19 pandemic, with assessments beginning in May 2020 through March 2021.

resultsIn preregistered analyses using latent growth models, higher IU at the first pandemic timepoint predicted more severe anxiety, but also a sharper decline in anxiety, across timepoints. This finding was robust to the addition of pre-pandemic anxiety and demographic predictors as covariates (in the full sample) as well as pre-pandemic depression severity (in participants for whom pre-pandemic depression data were available). Younger age, lower self/parent education, and self-reported history of COVID-19 illness at the first pandemic timepoint predicted more severe anxiety across timepoints with strong model fit, but did not predict anxiety trajectory.

conclusionsIU prospectively predicted more severe anxiety but a sharper decrease in anxiety over time during the pandemic, including after adjustment for covariates. IU therefore appears to have unique and specific predictive utility with respect to anxiety in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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AnxietyCOVID-19Severity of Illness IndexAdultAgedFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedRisk FactorsSARS-CoV-2UncertaintyYoung AdultAnxietyCOVID-19Intolerance of uncertaintyLatent growth modelLongitudinal

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