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Seeking certainty about Intolerance of Uncertainty: Addressing old and new issues through the Intolerance of Uncertainty Scale-Revised

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Bottesi, Gioia, Noventa, Stefano, Freeston, Mark H., Ghisi, Marta·2019·PLoS ONE

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Intolerance of Uncertainty is a trans-diagnostic process that spans a range of emotional disorders and it is usually measured through the Intolerance of Uncertainty Scale-12. The current study aims at investigating some issues in the assessment of Intolerance of Uncertainty (IU) through the Italian Intolerance of Uncertainty Scale-Revised, a measure adapted from the Intolerance of Uncertainty Scale-12 to assess IU across the lifespan. In particular we address the factor structure among a large community sample, measurement invariance across gender, age, and over time, together with reliability and validity of the overall scale and its subscales. The questionnaire was administered to community (N = 761; mean age = 35.86 ± 14.01 years) and undergraduate (N = 163; mean age = 21.16 ± 2.64 years) participants, together with other self-report measures assessing constructs theoretically related to IU. The application of a bifactor model shows that the Italian Intolerance of Uncertainty Scale-Revised possesses a robust general factor, thus supporting the use of the unit-weighted total score of the questionnaire as a measure of the construct. Furthermore, measurement invariance across gender, age, and over time is supported. Finally, the Italian Intolerance of Uncertainty Scale-Revised appears to possess adequate reliability and validity. These findings support the unidimensionality of the measure, a conceptually reasonable result in line with the trans-diagnostic nature of Intolerance of Uncertainty. In addition, this study and comparison with published factor structures of the Intolerance of Uncertainty Scale-12 and of the Intolerance of Uncertainty Scale-Revised identify some issues for the internal structure of the measure. In particular, concern is expressed for the Prospective IU subscale. In light of the promising psychometric properties, the use of the Italian Intolerance of Uncertainty Scale-Revised as a univocal measure is encouraged in both research and clinical practice.

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Authors: Bottesi, G., Noventa, S., Freeston, M. H., & Ghisi, M.
Affiliations: University of Padua (IT)
University of Tübingen (DE)
Newcastle University (GB)
Corresponding author: Bottesi, Gioia
ORCID: Bottesi, Gioia
Noventa, Stefano
Freeston, Mark H.
Ghisi, Marta
Venue: PLoS ONE
Publisher: Public Library of Science (PLoS)
Published: 2019-02-11
Volume: 14
Issue: 2
Pages: e0211929
ISSN: 1932-6203 (ISSN-L)
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0211929
PMC: PMC6370219
OpenAlex: W2913615924
Cited by: 132
References: 104
Citations by year: 2026: 11 · 2025: 19 · 2024: 16 · 2023: 22 · 2022: 25 · 2021: 24 · 2020: 11 · 2019: 4
FWCI: 18.87
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: gold
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Licence: cc-by
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Topics: Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
Social Sciences › Decision Sciences › Management Science and Operations Research › Psychometric Methodologies and Testing
Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Mental Health Research Topics
Keywords: intolerance of uncertainty, psychometric properties, factor structure, bifactor model, measurement invariance, reliability and validity, Italian adaptation, community sample, undergraduate students
MeSH terms: Adult, Female, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Models, Psychological, Psychometrics, Surveys and Questionnaires, Uncertainty, Self Report

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