Fear of emotions, experiential avoidance, and intolerance of uncertainty in worry and generalized anxiety disorder

K Buhr, MJ Dugas - International Journal of Cognitive Therapy, 2012 - Guilford Press
In an attempt to replicate previous findings, the role of fear and avoidance of emotional
experiences in problematic worry and generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) was investigated …

The role of fear of anxiety and intolerance of uncertainty in worry: An experimental manipulation

K Buhr, MJ Dugas - Behaviour research and therapy, 2009 - Elsevier
The tendency to fear emotional experiences, such as anxiety, may be an important factor in
the maintenance of excessive worry, which is the central feature of generalized anxiety …

Intolerance of uncertainty and problem orientation in worry

MJ Dugas, MH Freeston, R Ladouceur - Cognitive therapy and research, 1997 - Springer
Worry, which is the central feature of generalized anxiety disorder (GAD), is now recognized
as a truly important clinical phenomenon. The present study examines the relationship …

Cognitive predictors of worry in a non‐clinical population

NG Khawaja, D Chapman - Clinical Psychologist, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
Although worry is considered to be the key feature of generalised anxiety disorder, it has its
own unique properties. The study aimed to investigate the extent to which intolerance of …

The effect of worrying on intolerance of uncertainty and positive and negative beliefs about worry

GI Britton, SE Neale, GCL Davey - Journal of behavior therapy and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Background and objectives The effect of a worry manipulation on the clinical constructs
intolerance of uncertainty (IU), negative beliefs about the consequences of worry (NCOW) …

Worry and the anxiety disorders: A meta-analytic synthesis of specificity to GAD

BO Olatunji, KB Wolitzky-Taylor, CN Sawchuk… - Applied and Preventive …, 2010 - Elsevier
Although worry is central to the diagnosis of generalized anxiety disorder (GAD), it is also
commonly observed in other anxiety disorders. In this meta-analytic review, we empirically …

Intolerance of uncertainty, causal uncertainty, causal importance, self-concept clarity and their relations to generalized anxiety disorder

A Kusec, K Tallon, N Koerner - Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
Although numerous studies have provided support for the notion that intolerance of
uncertainty plays a key role in pathological worry (the hallmark feature of generalized …

Intolerance of uncertainty and worry: Investigating specificity in a nonclinical sample

MJ Dugas, P Gosselin, R Ladouceur - Cognitive therapy and Research, 2001 - Springer
The goal of this study was to explore the specificity of the relationship between intolerance of
uncertainty and worry in a nonclinical sample. Three hundred and forty-seven university …

Investigating the construct validity of intolerance of uncertainty and its unique relationship with worry

K Buhr, MJ Dugas - Journal of anxiety disorders, 2006 - Elsevier
Although recent findings suggest that intolerance of uncertainty is a fundamental construct
involved in excessive worry, additional research is required to further establish the construct …

Experience and appraisal of worry among high worriers with and without generalized anxiety disorder

AM Ruscio, TD Borkovec - Behaviour research and therapy, 2004 - Elsevier
Recent research has revealed that a large number of highly worried individuals do not
qualify for a diagnosis of generalized anxiety disorder (GAD). This raises the intriguing …