Intolerance of uncertainty in adolescents: Correlations with worry, social anxiety, and depression

Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease

Volumn 198, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 194-200

  Boelen, Paul A ^a   Vrinssen, Inge ^a   Van Tulder, Floor ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Depression; Intolerance of uncertainty; Social anxiety; Worry

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTOLERANCE OF UNCERTAINTY; INTOLERANCE OF UNCERTAINTY SCALE SHORT FORM; MALE; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL PHOBIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; ANXIETY; ANXIETY DISORDERS; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NETHERLANDS; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PHOBIC DISORDERS; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS; STUDENTS; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 77949367223     PISSN: 00223018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NMD.0b013e3181d143de     Document Type: Article

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