Developing scales measuring disorder-specific intolerance of uncertainty (DSIU): A new perspective on transdiagnostic

Journal of Anxiety Disorders

Volumn 31, Issue , 2015, Pages 49-57

  Thibodeau, Michel A ^a   Carleton, R Nicholas ^a   McEvoy, Peter M ^b   Zvolensky, Michael J ^c,d   Brandt, Charles P ^c   Boelen, Paul A ^e   Mahoney, Alison E J ^f   Deacon, Brett J ^g   Asmundson, Gordon J G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^e UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^g UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anxiety disorders; Depression; Intolerance of uncertainty; Item response theory; Measurement; Psychometrics

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITERION RELATED VALIDITY; FEMALE; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; HUMAN; INTOLERANCE OF UNCERTAINTY; INTOLERANCE OF UNCERTAINTY GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER SCALE; INTOLERANCE OF UNCERTAINTY HEALTH ANXIETY SCALE; INTOLERANCE OF UNCERTAINTY MAJOR DEPRESSIVE DISORDER SCALE; INTOLERANCE OF UNCERTAINTY OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER SCALE; INTOLERANCE OF UNCERTAINTY PANIC DISORDER SCALE; INTOLERANCE OF UNCERTAINTY PHOBIA SCALE; INTOLERANCE OF UNCERTAINTY POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER SCALE; INTOLERANCE OF UNCERTAINTY SOCIAL ANXIETY DISORDER SCALE; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PANIC; PHOBIA; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREDICTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; RATING SCALE; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL PHOBIA; SYMPTOM; ANXIETY DISORDERS; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; MULTICENTER STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; STUDENT; UNCERTAINTY; YOUNG ADULT;

ANXIETY DISORDERS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; RISK FACTORS; SELF REPORT; STUDENTS; UNCERTAINTY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84923634397     PISSN: 08876185     EISSN: 18737897     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.janxdis.2015.01.006     Document Type: Article

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