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dc.contributor.authorMcEvoy, Peter
dc.contributor.authorMahoney, A.
dc.date.accessioned2017-01-30T13:03:50Z
dc.date.available2017-01-30T13:03:50Z
dc.date.created2014-11-19T01:13:23Z
dc.date.issued2012
dc.identifier.citationMcEvoy, P. and Mahoney, A. 2012. To be sure, to be sure: intolerance of uncertainty mediates symptoms of various anxiety disorders and depression. Behavior Therapy. 43 (3): pp. 533-545.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/28236
dc.description.abstract

The Intolerance of UncertaintyModel was initially developed as an explanation for worry within the context of generalized anxiety disorder. However, recent research has identified intolerance of uncertainty (IU) as a possible transdiagnostic maintaining factor across the anxiety disorders and depression. The aim of this study was to determine whether IU mediated the relationship between neuroticismand symptoms related to various anxiety disorders and depression in a treatment-seeking sample (N=328). Consistent with previous research, IU was significantly associated with neuroticism aswell as with symptoms of social phobia, panic disorder and agoraphobia, obsessive-compulsive disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, and depression. Moreover, IU explained unique variance in these symptom measures when controlling for neuroticism. Mediational analyses showed that IU was asignificant partial mediator between neuroticism and all symptom measures, even when controlling for symptoms of other disorders. More specifically, anxiety in anticipation of future uncertainty (prospective anxiety) partially mediated the relationship between neuroticism and symptoms of generalizedanxiety disorder (i.e. worry) and obsessive-compulsive disorder, whereas inaction in the face of uncertainty (inhibitory anxiety) partially mediated the relationship between neuroticism and symptoms of social anxiety, panic disorder and agoraphobia, and depression. Sobel's test demonstrated that all hypothesized meditational pathways were associated with significant indirect effects, although themediation effectwas stronger forworry than other symptoms. Potential implications of these findings for the treatment of anxiety disorders and depression are discussed.

dc.publisherElsevier Inc.
dc.subjectanxiety
dc.subjecttransdiagnostic
dc.subjectintolerance of uncertainty
dc.subjectmediation
dc.subjectdepression
dc.titleTo be sure, to be sure: intolerance of uncertainty mediates symptoms of various anxiety disorders and depression
dc.typeJournal Article
dcterms.source.volume43
dcterms.source.number3
dcterms.source.startPage533
dcterms.source.endPage545
dcterms.source.issn0005-7894
dcterms.source.titleBehavior Therapy
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