Trait versus situation-specific intolerance of uncertainty in a clinical sample with anxiety and depressive disorders

Cognitive Behaviour Therapy

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 26-39

  Mahoney, Alison E J ^a   McEvoy, Peter M ^b,c  

^a ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b Centre for Clinical Interventions ^*  (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Cognitive behaviour therapy; Depression; Intolerance of uncertainty; Transdiagnostic

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PANIC; PERSONALITY TEST; PHOBIA; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOMETRY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICS; UNCERTAINTY;

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PANIC DISORDER; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PHOBIC DISORDERS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 84855964865     PISSN: 16506073     EISSN: 16512316     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/16506073.2011.622131     Document Type: Article

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