Worrying in the Lab: Does Intolerance of Uncertainty Have Predictive Value?
Abstract
The present article describes two experimental studies investigating whether individual differences in intolerance of uncertainty (IU) predict worry in response to uncertain situations. In both studies, undergraduate students completed the Intolerance of Uncertainty Scale (IUS; Freeston, Rheaume, Letarte, Dugas, & Ladouceur, 1994) and then completed an intelligence task, which was thought to elicit feelings of uncertainty. After completing the task, state worry was measured. Results of both studies showed that there were positive correlations between IUS scores and task-related state worry. Furthermore, Study 2 showed that individual differences in IU only were predictive of worry in a situation that elicits low to medium levels of uncertainty, and not in a situation high in uncertainty. Thus, only under certain conditions IU-related personality characteristics seem to be predictive of worrisome thoughts.
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Evidence suggests that an experimental manipulation of intolerance of uncertainty led to a corresponding change in worry level.
“Evidence suggests that an experimental manipulation of intolerance of uncertainty led to acorresponding change in worry level [17, 18].”
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- Authors
- de Bruin, G. O., Rassin, E., & Muris, P.
- Affiliations
- Erasmus University Rotterdam (NL)
- Venue
- Behaviour Change
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press (CUP)
- Published
- 2006-06-01
- Volume
- 23
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 138-147
- ISSN
- 0813-4839 (ISSN-L)
- 2049-7768
- OpenAlex
- W2041026880
- Cited by
- 27
- References
- 17
- Citations by year
- 2023: 1 · 2022: 1 · 2020: 2 · 2018: 1 · 2017: 3 · 2016: 2 · 2015: 2 · 2014: 4 · 2012: 1
- FWCI
- 1.68
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Behaviour Change (publishedVersion)
- EUR Research Repository (Erasmus University Rotterdam) (publishedVersion)
- EUR Research Repository (Erasmus University Rotterdam) (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Perfectionism, Procrastination, Anxiety Studies
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Personality Traits and Psychology
- Keywords
- intolerance of uncertainty, individual differences, Intolerance of Uncertainty Scale, uncertainty, personality traits
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