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Intolerance of Uncertainty and Worry: Investigating Specificity in a Nonclinical Sample
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“Although there is evidence that IU is more strongly associated with GAD severity compared with other anxiety disorders (Dugas et al., 2001), accumulating evidence brings into question IU's narrow specificity (Garber & Hollon, 1991) to GAD.”
From Intolerance of Uncertainty: A Common Factor in the Treatment of Emotional Disorders (2013) · cites this paper as Dugas et al., 2001
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“People with IU believe that uncertainty and ambiguity are negative and attempt to put an end to this ambiguity by considering the most catastrophic consequences (25).”
From Negative interpretation of ambiguous bodily symptoms among illness-anxious individuals: Exploring the role of developmental and maintenance constructs (2023) · cites this paper as [25]
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“This is reflected by larger correlations between IU and worry compared with correlations obtained between worry and (a) positive beliefs about worry, (b) negative problem orientation (e.g., “I often see problems as bigger than they really are”), (c) cognitive avoidance (Buhr & Dugas, 2002), and (d) anxiety sensitivity (Dugas, Gosselin, & Ladouceur, 2001).”
From Extension of the Transdiagnostic Model to Focus on Intolerance of Uncertainty: A Review of the Literature and Implications for Treatment (2014) · cites this paper as Dugas, Gosselin, & Ladouceur, 2001
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“Across a range of disorders (e.g., anxiety disorders, eating disorders, depressive disorders, and hypochondriasis), IU has been observed to be higher in clinical groups than in nonclinical control groups (Deacon & Abramowitz, 2008; Dugas et al., 2001; Gentes & Ruscio, 2011; Holaway, Heimberg, & Coles, 2006; de Jong-Meyer, Beck, & Riede, 2009; Sternheim, Startup, & Schmidt, 2011; Tolin, Abramowitz,”
From Extension of the Transdiagnostic Model to Focus on Intolerance of Uncertainty: A Review of the Literature and Implications for Treatment (2014) · cites this paper as Dugas et al., 2001
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“Within the adult anxiety literature, intolerance of uncertainty has been widely associated with worry (e.g. Dugas et al., 2001), and more recently with both panic (e.g. Shapiro et al., 2020) and PTSS (e.g. Oglesby et al., 2016).”
From Parental Anxiety and Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms in Pediatric Food Allergy. (2021) · cites this paper as Dugas et al., 2001
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“a presentation where intolerance of uncertainty has been suggested to play a central role (Dugas et al., 2001).”
From Parental Anxiety and Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms in Pediatric Food Allergy. (2021) · cites this paper as Dugas et al., 2001
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“Differences between the present and prior findings may be due to the fact that we used a self-report measure tapping a wide range of GAD symptoms, whereas several prior studies on IU and GAD only measured worry (e.g., Dugas et al., 2001).”
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“This led to a proposed conceptual model of GAD which placed IU as a core feature underlining and intensifying features of GAD (Dugas et al., 1998).”
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“As discussed above, perceived control has been shown to be negatively related to anxiety in child and adult samples (Chorpita and Barlow 1998; Endler et al. 2000; Muris et al. 2004), whereas IU has been shown to be a significant predictor of worry in clinical and non-clinical samples alike ( Dugas et al. 1997, 1998, 2…”
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“As underlined above, high intolerance of uncertainty may interfere with the problem-solving process, because it is related to high levels of worry (Dugas et al. 2001); in fact, worry is related to poor problem orientation (Dugas et al. 1995).”
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“…another index of IU; Gosselin et al., 2008), discriminant validity (r = .40 with an index of responsibility, another anxiety-related belief domain; Dugas et al., 2001), criterion validity (rs ranging from .60 to .70 with worry; Buhr & Dugas, 2002; Dugas et al., 2001; Gosselin et al., 2008),…”
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“Separately, worry could be broadly defined as a cognitive phenomenon that focuses on concerns of negative future outcomes, rather than intolerance or distress associated with uncertainty itself (Dugas et al., 2001).”
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“A possible explanation for this result may lie with previous findings, which have suggested that females, compared to males, are more likely to engage in specific forms of perseverative thinking such as worry (Dugas et al., 1997; Dugas et al., 2001; McCann et al., 1991; Robichaud et al., 2003; Stavosky & Borkovec, 198…”
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“Framed differently this fear of knowing/not knowing would qualify as intolerance of uncertainty which is a dispositional fear and a distress of the unknown or of future events and is known to interplay with emotional disturbances (19, 20).”
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“It is also important to add that heightened IU has been implicated in the development of generalized anxiety disorder (GAD), social anxiety disorder, and obsessive–compulsive disorder (Boelen & Reijntjes, 2009).”
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“As individuals with high intolerance of uncertainty tend to hold extremely negative views of events that are almost unlikely to occur (Dugas et al., 2001), they may perceive this possibility as unacceptable.”
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“Individuals who experience high levels of IU find ambiguity particularly distressing and are more likely to expect an adverse outcome (Carleton, 2016; Dugas et al., 2001).”
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“Likewise, in the studies by Taşkın [62] and Dugas, Gosselin, and Ladouceur [63], a significant negative correlation between anxiety and age was found.”
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“The intolerance of uncertainty has been associated with greater worry, which is a key component of generalized anxiety disorder (e.g., Dugas et al., 1998, 2001; Ladouceur et al., 1997, 1999).”
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“This seldom results in a satisfactory resolution, thereby fueling more demands for certainty ( Dugas, Gosselin, & Ladouceur, 2001 ).”
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“People who cannot tolerate uncertainty are likely to find many parts of life intoler - able because life is full of uncertainties (Dugas et al., 2001 ).”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Dugas, M. J., Gosselin, P., & Ladouceur, R.
- Affiliations
- Concordia University (CA)
- Université Laval (CA)
- Corresponding author
- Dugas, Michel J.
- Venue
- Cognitive Therapy and Research
- Published
- 2001-10
- Volume
- 25
- Issue
- 5
- Pages
- 551-558
- ISSN
- 0147-5916 (ISSN-L)
- 1573-2819
- OpenAlex
- W2191937998
- Cited by
- 538
- References
- 24
- Citations by year
- 2026: 39 · 2025: 25 · 2024: 37 · 2023: 40 · 2022: 38 · 2021: 52 · 2020: 33 · 2019: 19 · 2018: 22 · 2017: 20 · 2016: 27 · 2015: 23 · 2014: 18 · 2013: 20 · 2012: 14
- FWCI
- 6.50
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Licence
- Locations
- Cognitive Therapy and Research (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- Pennsylvania State University
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Perfectionism, Procrastination, Anxiety Studies
- Keywords
- intolerance of uncertainty, worry, obsessions and compulsions, anxiety sensitivity, university students, non-clinical sample
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