"It's not just the judgements-It's that I don't know": Intolerance of uncertainty as a predictor of social anxiety

Journal of Anxiety Disorders

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 189-195

  Carleton, R Nicholas ^a   Collimore, Kelsey C ^a   Asmundson, Gordon J G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Generalized anxiety disorder; Intolerance of uncertainty; Social anxiety; Social phobia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGORAPHOBIA; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; PANIC; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHOMETRY; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL PHOBIA; SOCIAL STRESS; UNCERTAINTY; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; CANADA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOBIC DISORDERS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 74849126497     PISSN: 08876185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.janxdis.2009.10.007     Document Type: Article

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