People radically differ in how they cope with uncertainty. Clinical researchers describe a
dispositional characteristic known as “intolerance of uncertainty”, a tendency to find …

Objectives Intolerance of uncertainty, the tendency to interpret and react negatively to
uncertainty, is a transdiagnostic risk factor for anxiety, depression and eating‐related …

The COVID-19 pandemic has led to unprecedented levels of uncertainty for people around
the world. Research suggests that internet searching resulting in contradictory information …

Background Fear of childbirth (FOC) is one of the most common psychological symptoms
among pregnant women and significantly relates to cesarean section, anxiety, and …

The COVID-19 pandemic has been accompanied by unprecedented levels of stress and
threats in a variety of domains (eg, health, livelihood). Individual differences in threat …

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Safety behaviors are often maladaptive in clinical anxiety as they typically persist without
realistic threat and cause various impairments. In the laboratory, safety behaviors are …

Individuals high in self-reported Intolerance of Uncertainty (IU) tend to view uncertainty as
unbearable and stressful. Notably, IU is transdiagnostic, and high levels of IU are observed …

It is hypothesized that the ability to discriminate between threat and safety is impaired in
individuals with high dispositional negativity, resulting in maladaptive behavior. A large body …

Theoretical and methodological research on threat conditioning provides important
neuroscience-informed approaches to studying fear and anxiety. The threat conditioning …