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Shared variance among self-report and behavioral measures of distress intolerance

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McHugh, R. Kathryn, Daughters, Stacey B., Lejuez, Carl W., Murray, Heather W., Hearon, Bridget A., Gorka, Stephanie M., Otto, Michael W.·2011·Cognitive Therapy and Research

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Distress intolerance may be an important individual difference variable in understanding maladaptive coping responses across diagnostic categories. However, the measurement of distress intolerance remains inconsistent across studies and little evidence for convergent validity among existing measures is available. This study evaluated the overlap among self-report and behavioral measures of distress intolerance in four samples, including an unselected sample, a sample of patients with drug dependence, and two samples of cigarette smokers. Results suggested that the self-report measures were highly correlated, as were the behavioral measures; however, behavioral and self-report measures did not exhibit significant associations with each other. There was some evidence of domain specificity, with anxiety sensitivity demonstrating strong associations with somatic distress intolerance, and a lack of association between behavioral measures that elicit affective distress and those that elicit somatic distress. These findings highlight a potential divergence in the literature relative to the conceptualization of distress intolerance as either sensitivity to distress or as the inability to persist at a task when distressed. Further research is needed to elucidate the conceptualization and measurement of distress intolerance to facilitate future clinical and research applications of this construct.

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McHugh, R. K., Daughters, S. B., Lejuez, C. W., Murray, H. W., Hearon, B. A., Gorka, S. M., & Otto, M. W.
Affiliations
  • Boston University (US)
  • University of Maryland, College Park (US)
Corresponding author
McHugh, R. Kathryn
Venue
Cognitive Therapy and Research
Published
2010-02-07
Volume
35
Issue
3
Pages
266-275
ISSN
  • 0147-5916 (ISSN-L)
  • 1573-2819
OpenAlex
W2073155588
Cited by
206
References
38
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18.00
Type
journal article
Language
en
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  • Cognitive Therapy and Research (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders
National Institute on Drug Abuse (R01DA022974, R01DA015375, R21DA022741)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions
Keywords
distress intolerance, convergent validity, self-report measures, behavioral measures, anxiety sensitivity, drug addiction, cigarette smokers, individual differences, coping

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