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What do I do now? Intolerance of uncertainty is associated with discrete patterns of anticipatory physiological responding to different contexts

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Morriss, Jayne·2019·Psychophysiology

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Heightened physiological responses to uncertainty are a common hallmark of anxiety disorders. Many separate studies have examined the relationship between individual differences in intolerance of uncertainty (IU) and physiological responses to uncertainty during different contexts. Despite this, there is a scarcity of research examining the extent to which individual differences in IU are related to shared or discrete patterns of anticipatory physiological responding across different contexts. Anticipatory physiological responses to uncertainty were assessed in three different contexts (associative threat learning and extinction, threat uncertainty, decision-making) within the same sample (n = 45). During these tasks, behavioral responses (i.e., reaction times, choices), skin conductance, and corrugator supercilli activity were recorded. In addition, self-reported IU and trait anxiety were measured. IU was related to both skin conductance and corrugator supercilii activity for the associative threat learning and extinction context and decision-making context. However, trait anxiety was related to corrugator supercilii activity during the threat uncertainty context. Ultimately, this research helps us to further tease apart the role of IU on different aspects of anticipation (i.e., valence and arousal) across contexts, which will be relevant for future IU-related models of psychopathology.

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  • The majority of studies examining IU and threat extinction training have used the IU-27 scale.

    “The majority of studies examining IU and threat extinction training have used the IU-27 scale (15,35, 36, 37, 38, 39,51).”

    From I Doubt It Is Safe: A Meta-analysis of Self-reported Intolerance of Uncertainty and Threat Extinction Training (2021) · cites this paper as [35]

    The Methods (2.4 Questionnaires, p. 14) say this study used an IU questionnaire, and the Discussion (p. 26) reports its threat-extinction results. Our copy does not identify the questionnaire as the IU-27 or establish that a majority of such studies used it. (LLM, conf=0.76)

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  • Higher self-reported IU has been linked to poorer threat extinction training (i.e., the updating of threat to safe associations).

    “Higher self-reported IU has been linked to poorer threat extinction training (i.e., the updating of threat to safe associations), a key process that is targeted in exposure-based therapies.”
  • Several studies have shown that during threat extinction training, individuals with high IU exhibit greater SCR to cues that no longer signal threat.

    “Several studies, albeit from the same laboratory (34), have shown that during threat extinction training, individuals with high IU exhibit greater skin conductance response (SCR) to cues that no longer signal threat (15,35, 36, 37, 38, 39).”

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Authors
Morriss, J.
Affiliations
University of Reading (GB)
Corresponding author
Morriss, Jayne
Venue
Psychophysiology
Publisher
Wiley
Published
2019-05-21
Volume
56
Issue
9
Pages
e13396-e13396
ISSN
  • 0048-5772 (ISSN-L)
  • 1469-8986
OpenAlex
W2949974050
Cited by
42
References
56
Citations by year
2026: 1 · 2025: 4 · 2024: 2 · 2023: 4 · 2022: 12 · 2021: 9 · 2020: 8 · 2019: 1
FWCI
8.81
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Psychophysiology (publishedVersion)
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (acceptedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • CentAUR (University of Reading) (submittedVersion)
  • ePrints Soton (University of Southampton) (submittedVersion)
  • OSF Preprints (OSF Preprints) (submittedVersion)
  • OSF Preprints (OSF Preprints) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
Funders
  • National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia and Depression (27567)
  • Economic and Social Research Council (ES/R01145/1)
  • British Academy (SG163121)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Memory and Neural Mechanisms
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
Keywords
intolerance of uncertainty, anxiety disorders, skin conductance, extinction, decision-making, trait anxiety, individual differences, arousal, valence
MeSH terms
Adult, Anxiety, Association Learning, Decision Making, Electromyography, Extinction, Psychological, Facial Muscles, Fear, Female, Galvanic Skin Response, Humans, Male, Uncertainty, Young Adult, Anticipation, Psychological

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