Stomaching uncertainty: Relationships among intolerance of uncertainty, eating disorder pathology, and comorbid emotional symptoms

Journal of Anxiety Disorders

Volumn 41, Issue , 2015, Pages 88-95

  Renjan, Vidhya ^a   McEvoy, Peter M ^a,b   Handley, Alicia K ^a   Fursland, Anthea ^a,b  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Canberra ACT   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anorexia nervosa; Anxiety; Bulimia nervosa; Depression; Eating disorders; Intolerance of uncertainty; Intolerance of uncertainty scale; Transdiagnostic

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; ARTICLE; BINGE EATING; BULIMIA; COMORBIDITY; CONVERGENT VALIDITY; DIET RESTRICTION; EATING DISORDER; EMOTION ASSESSMENT; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; INTOLERANCE OF UNCERTAINTY; INTOLERANCE OF UNCERTAINTY SCALE SHORT FORM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PURGING BEHAVIOR; VALIDITY; ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY DISORDER; COMPLICATION; DEPRESSION; EMOTION; PSYCHOLOGY; UNCERTAINTY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; EMOTIONS; FEEDING AND EATING DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; UNCERTAINTY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84962175758     PISSN: 08876185     EISSN: 18737897     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.janxdis.2016.03.008     Document Type: Article

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