The intolerance of uncertainty index: Replication and extension with an english sample

Psychological Assessment

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 396-406

  Carleton, R Nicholas ^a   Gosselin, Patrick ^b   Asmundson, Gordon J G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Depression; Factor analysis; Intolerance of uncertainty; Intolerance of Uncertainty Index; Worry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY; DEPRESSION; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; HUMAN; INTOLERANCE OF UNCERTAINTY; INTOLERANCE OF UNCERTAINTY INDEX; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SAMPLE; UNCERTAINTY; VALIDITY; VARIANCE;

ADULT; ANXIETY; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); DEPRESSION; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORTH AMERICA; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TRANSLATIONS; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 77953954918     PISSN: 10403590     EISSN: 1939134X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0019230     Document Type: Article

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