Intolerance of uncertainty and PTSD symptoms: Exploring the construct relationship in a community sample with a heterogeneous trauma history

Cognitive Therapy and Research

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 725-734

  Fetzner, Mathew G ^a   Horswill, Samantha C ^a   Boelen, Paul A ^b   Carleton, R Nicholas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Anxiety sensitivity neuroticism; Intolerance of uncertainty; Posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; COMMUNITY SAMPLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NORTH AMERICA; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOTRAUMA; SELF REPORT;

EID: 84881186773     PISSN: 01475916     EISSN: 15732819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10608-013-9531-6     Document Type: Article

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