Does intolerance of uncertainty predict anticipatory startle responses to uncertain threat?

International Journal of Psychophysiology

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 107-115

  Nelson, Brady D ^a   Shankman, Stewart A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Controllability; Emotion; Intolerance of uncertainty; Startle

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTICIPATION; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; AVERSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; SHOCK; STARTLE REFLEX; STIMULUS RESPONSE; THREAT; UNCERTAINTY;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANXIETY; CUES; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROSHOCK; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REACTION TIME; STARTLE REACTION; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; STUDENTS; UNCERTAINTY; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 79960399928     PISSN: 01678760     EISSN: 18727697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2011.05.003     Document Type: Article

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