Do Metacognitions and Intolerance of Uncertainty Predict Worry in Everyday Life? An Ecological Momentary Assessment Study

Thielsch, Carolin; Andor, Tanja; Ehring, Thomas

doi:10.1016/j.beth.2015.05.001

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“…A related limitation is the use of a trait measure of worry which precludes an examination of the interrelationships between state worry and distress over time. The evidentiary base for the present findings should be strengthened further in future studies by collecting data across multiple time-points, ideally using more advanced methods of data collection, such as Ecological Momentary Assessment (EMA: Shiffman, Stone, & Hufford, 2008; for an example: Thielsch, Andor, & Ehring, 2015). An additional limitation is the use of a small number of predictors to explain symptom levels over time.…”

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Does worry affect adjustment to bereavement? A longitudinal investigation

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Schüt

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Anxiety, Stress, & Coping

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Background and objectives: Repetitive thought is a trans-diagnostic risk-factor for development of psychopathology. Research on repetitive thought in bereaved individuals has focused primarily on clarifying the role of rumination, repetitive thinking about past negative events and/or negative emotions. While detrimental effects of rumination have been demonstrated following bereavement, surprisingly few studies have aimed to clarify the role of worry, repetitive thinking about potential future negative events, in adjustment to loss. This study sought to fill this gap in knowledge. Methods/Design: One hundred eighty-three bereaved individuals (85.3% women) filled out questionnaires on sociodemographic and loss-related characteristics, worry, and symptom measures of depression, anxiety, and prolonged grief. After six months, 155 participants completed worry and symptom measures again. Using multiple regression analyses, concurrent and longitudinal associations between loss-related variables, worry, and symptoms of psychopathology were examined. Results: Main results were that worry was strongly positively associated with symptoms of anxiety, depression and prolonged grief concurrently and also predicted higher levels of anxiety, depression and prolonged grief longitudinally. Conclusions: Findings suggest that worry influences adjustment to bereavement negatively and may be a potential target in grief therapy, especially when aiming to reduce anxiety. ARTICLE HISTORY

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Does worry affect adjustment to bereavement? A longitudinal investigation

Eisma

Boelen

Schüt

et al. 2016

Anxiety, Stress, & Coping

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“…In all cases, lagged predictor variables were person-centered (also called group-mean centering) prior to the analysis in order to measure true within-person fluctuations and dependencies, instead of between-person differences. Furthermore, all analyses were conducted in Mplus (Muthèn & Muthèn, 1998-2012: Parameters were estimated using a robust maximum likelihood approach and missing data were handled with full information maximum likelihood.…”

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Metacognitions, worry and sleep in everyday life: Studying bidirectional pathways using Ecological Momentary Assessment in GAD patients

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Nestler

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Journal of Anxiety Disorders

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“…For example, Sica et al (2007) found that negative beliefs about worry predicted worry symptoms after controlling for baseline symptoms of worry and obsessive-compulsive symptoms. Likewise, Thielsch et al (2015) reported negative metacognitions to predict worry after controlling for trait worry and stress. Moreover, Yilmaz et al (2011) demonstrated that negative beliefs about worry predicted anxiety after controlling for age, gender, baseline symptoms and life events, and Hjemdal et al (2013) reported metacognitive beliefs to predict anxiety over a period of 3 months after controlling for age, gender and baseline symptoms.…”

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Worry and Metacognitions as Predictors of Anxiety Symptoms: A Prospective Study

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Both worry and metacognitive beliefs have been found to be related to the development of anxiety, but metacognitive theory (Wells and Matthews, 1994; Wells, 2009) suggest that metacognitive beliefs may play a more prominent role. The aim of the present prospective study was to examine whether worry, metacognitive beliefs or the interaction between worry and metacognitive beliefs, were the best predictor of anxiety over time, utilizing a longitudinal, prospective study design. An undergraduate student sample (N = 190) was assessed on measures of worry (PSWQ), metacognitive beliefs (MCQ-30) and anxiety (BAI) at three points in time over a 7-month period. A mixed-model analysis revealed that both worry and metacognitive beliefs predicted development of anxiety, independently of each other, with no indication of an interaction-effect (PSWQ * MCQ-30). Further, analyses of the MCQ-30 subscales indicated that negative metacognitive beliefs may be particularly important in the development of anxiety. While gender was correlated with worry, gender predicted anxiety beyond the effect of worry. Taken together, the results imply that both worry and metacognitive beliefs play a prominent role for the development of anxiety.

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Do Metacognitions and Intolerance of Uncertainty Predict Worry in Everyday Life? An Ecological Momentary Assessment Study

Cited by 54 publications

References 51 publications

Does worry affect adjustment to bereavement? A longitudinal investigation

Does worry affect adjustment to bereavement? A longitudinal investigation

Metacognitions, worry and sleep in everyday life: Studying bidirectional pathways using Ecological Momentary Assessment in GAD patients

Worry and Metacognitions as Predictors of Anxiety Symptoms: A Prospective Study

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