Defining Distinct Negative Beliefs About Uncertainty: Validating the Factor Structure of the Intolerance of Uncertainty Scale

Psychological Assessment

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 176-186

  Sexton, Kathryn A ^a   Dugas, Michel J ^a,b  

^a Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

^b HÔPITAL DU SACRÉ COEUR DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

factor analysis; generalized anxiety disorder; intolerance of uncertainty; validity; worry

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; HUMAN; INTOLERANCE OF UNCERTAINTY SCALE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RATING SCALE; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANXIETY DISORDERS; DEPRESSION; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STUDENTS;

EID: 66549085834     PISSN: 10403590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0015827     Document Type: Article

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