Intolerance of uncertainty in emotional disorders: What uncertainties remain?

S Shihata, PM McEvoy, BA Mullan… - Journal of anxiety disorders, 2016 - Elsevier
The current paper presents a future research agenda for intolerance of uncertainty (IU),
which is a transdiagnostic risk and maintaining factor for emotional disorders. In light of the …

Looking for information: A survey of research on information seeking, needs, and behavior

DO Case, LM Given - 2016 - books.google.com
The 4th edition of this popular and well-cited text is now co-authored, and includes
significant changes from earlier texts. Presenting a comprehensive review of over a century …

Does the COVID-19 pandemic impact parents' and adolescents' well-being? An EMA-study on daily affect and parenting

LHC Janssen, MLJ Kullberg, B Verkuil, N van Zwieten… - PloS one, 2020 - journals.plos.org
Due to the COVID-19 outbreak in the Netherlands (March 2020) and the associated social
distancing measures, families were enforced to stay at home as much as possible …

Understanding public transport satisfaction in post COVID-19 pandemic

H Dong, S Ma, N Jia, J Tian - Transport Policy, 2021 - Elsevier
The influence of the COVID-19 pandemic will linger for an extended period, although it is
under control and public transport is gradually resuming its operations. However, there is …

Risk perceptions and psychological effects during the Italian COVID-19 emergency

T Lanciano, G Graziano, A Curci, S Costadura… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
The current study provides data about the immediate risk perceptions and psychological
effects of the COVID-19 pandemic among Italian participants. A sample of 980 volunteers …

Information avoidance: Who, what, when, and why

K Sweeny, D Melnyk, W Miller… - Review of general …, 2010 - journals.sagepub.com
Although acquiring information can provide numerous benefits, people often opt to remain
ignorant. We define information avoidance as any behavior designed to prevent or delay the …

To be sure, to be sure: Intolerance of uncertainty mediates symptoms of various anxiety disorders and depression

PM McEvoy, AEJ Mahoney - Behavior therapy, 2012 - Elsevier
The Intolerance of Uncertainty Model was initially developed as an explanation for worry
within the context of generalized anxiety disorder. However, recent research has identified …

Psychological predictors of health anxiety in response to the Zika virus

SM Blakey, JS Abramowitz - Journal of clinical psychology in medical …, 2017 - Springer
The threat of a United States (US) Zika virus pandemic during 2015–2016 was associated
with public anxiety. Such threats represent opportunities to examine hypotheses about …

Emotional and behavioral consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic: The role of health anxiety, intolerance of uncertainty, and distress (in) tolerance

KS Sauer, SM Jungmann, M Witthöft - International journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
The COVID-19 pandemic represents a worldwide threat to mental health. To optimize the
allocation of health care resources, research on specific vulnerability factors, such as health …

Behavioral experiments for intolerance of uncertainty: Challenging the unknown in the treatment of generalized anxiety disorder

EA Hebert, MJ Dugas - Cognitive and Behavioral Practice, 2019 - Elsevier
Intolerance of uncertainty (IU) is implicated in the development and maintenance of
generalized anxiety disorder (GAD). Although an efficacious cognitive-behavioral treatment …