How is the Beads Task related to intolerance of uncertainty in anxiety disorders?

Journal of Anxiety Disorders

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 495-503

  Jacoby, Ryan J ^a   Abramowitz, Jonathan S ^a   Buck, Benjamin E ^a   Fabricant, Laura E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety disorders; Behavioral assessment; Decision making; Generalized anxiety disorder; Obsessive compulsive disorder; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BEADS TASK; COGNITIVE BIAS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DIMENSIONAL OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE SCALE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; DRAWS TO DECISION; EFFECT SIZE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTOLERANCE OF UNCERTAINTY; INTOLERANCE OF UNCERTAINTY SCALE 12; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; OBSESSIVE BELIEFS QUESTIONNAIRE 44; PENN STATE WORRY QUESTIONNAIRE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; SELF REPORT; SYMPTOM; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ANXIETY DISORDERS; BEHAVIORAL ASSESSMENT; DECISION MAKING; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; UNCERTAINTY;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANXIETY DISORDERS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; REACTION TIME; SELF REPORT; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 84902344989     PISSN: 08876185     EISSN: 18737897     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.janxdis.2014.05.005     Document Type: Article

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