Thought and imaginal activity during worry and trauma recall

Behar, Evelyn; Zuellig, Andrea R.; Borkovec, Thomas D.

doi:10.1016/s0005-7894(05)80064-4

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“…Other scholars have also provided support of the positive relationship between intolerance of uncertainty and GAD (Behar et al, 2005;Sugiura, 2007) and between parental attachment and GAD (Cassidy et al, 2006;Hale et al, 2006). Intolerance of uncertainty demonstrated a stronger significant positive relationship with GAD symptoms than parental attachment, consistent with results of a previous study in a non-clinical sample (Tan et al, 2010).…”

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confidence: 77%

“…The current study has for the first time, established the prevalence of GAD symptoms and provided evidence of the roles of intolerance of uncertainty and parental attachment in predicting GAD symptoms among fresh undergraduates in Uganda. Similarly, other studies elsewhere (Behar et al, 2005;Hale et al, 2006;Sugiura, 2007;Cassidy et al, 2009;Tan et al, 2010) have also supported the roles of cognitive and social factors in the development and maintenance of GAD. The prevalence of GAD symptoms among the participants was higher than the 3.0% annual prevalence rate of GAD in the general population in low income countries (Lee et al (2009).…”

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confidence: 57%

“…Intolerance of uncertainty can paralyze a student, inhibit decision making, and trigger emotional distress and maladaptive behaviours. The student is afraid of change, uncertainty and ambiguity, leading in most cases to tension, worries, anxiousness, easy fatigability, disturbed concentration and attention (Dugas et al, 2004;Ruscio & Borkovec, 2004;Behar et al, 2005;Holaway et al, 2006).…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The prevalence rate in the general population is 3.1 % in United States of America (Kessler et al, 2005), 1.9% in Norway (MunkJorgensen et al, 2006), 4.1% in Belgium (Ansseau et al, 2005) and 3% in low income countries (Lee et al, 2009). Cognitive factors like intolerance of uncertainty (Behar et al, 2005;Sugiura, 2007;Tan et al, 2010) and social factors like parental attachment (Hale et al, 2006;Wood, 2006) are strong predictors of GAD. Some studies have indicated a strong positive correlation between GAD, intolerance of uncertainty, negative belief and parentification (Hale et al, 2006;Sugiura, 2007;Tan et al, 2010).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Intolerance of uncertainty leads to worrying (Holaway et al, 2006) and overtime uncontrolled worrying leads to anxiety (Behar et al, 2005). Individuals who are intolerant of uncertainty will worry over little things and may develop the tendency to see worrying as a way of solving their problems (Dugas et al, 2004).…”

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confidence: 99%

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Cognitive and social predictors of generalized anxiety disorder symptoms among fresh undergraduates in Uganda

Umeh

Bangirana

2016

Tanzania J Hlth Res

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Background: Generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) is common. It accounts for about one out of four anxiety related clinic consultations. The prevalence of this common disorder and the associated factors in Ugandan students are unknown. The objectives of this study were to determine the prevalence of GAD symptoms, and to evaluate its association with intolerance of uncertainty and parental attachment among fresh undergraduates in Uganda. Methods: The research utilized a cross-sectional approach. Non-clinical participants from 8 colleges (mean age 21.24; 59.7% males, 40.3% females) completed self-report inventories measuring intolerance of uncertainty, parental attachment and GAD symptoms. Pearson's correlations were run to test relationship between the independent and dependent variables, a stepwise regression analysis was used to identify predictors of GAD, while controlling for age. Results: A total of 401 students were involved in the study. The prevalence of GAD symptoms was 28.9%. There was a significant positive relationship between GAD symptoms and intolerance of uncertainty (r = 0.30, p = 0.001) and with parental attachment (r = 0.21, p = 0.001). Intolerance of uncertainty and parental attachment, predicted GAD symptoms (r = 0.30, 95% CI = 0.30 to 6.16, p = 0.001; r = 0.21, 95% CI = 0.21 to 4.19, p = 0.001, respectively). Conclusion:The present research suggests that GAD symptoms are prevalent among fresh undergraduates and are associated with both intolerances of uncertainty and parental attachment. Psychological interventions for undergraduate students may be needed to target these factors.

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