Intolerance of uncertainty: Exploring its dimensionality and associations with need for cognitive closure, psychopathology, and personality

Journal of Anxiety Disorders

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 117-125

  Berenbaum, Howard ^a   Bredemeier, Keith ^a   Thompson, Renee J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Factor analysis; Intolerance of uncertainty; Need for cognitive closure; Personality; Psychopathology; Worry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; COGNITION; DISCRIMINANT VALIDITY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTOLERANCE OF UNCERTAINTY SCALE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEED FOR CLOSURE SCALE; PENN STATE WORRY QUESTIONNAIRE; PERSONALITY; PREDICTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; UNIVERSITY STUDENT; WORRY DOMAINS QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; COGNITION; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOPATHOLOGY; UNCERTAINTY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 37249022397     PISSN: 08876185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.janxdis.2007.01.004     Document Type: Article

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