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Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment

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01-06-2007 | Original Paper

The Prediction of Worry in Non-Clinical Individuals: The Role of Intolerance of Uncertainty, Meta-Worry, and Neuroticism

Auteurs: Gwendolijn Olivia de Bruin, Eric Rassin, Peter Muris

Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment | Uitgave 2/2007

Abstract

The present study investigated the relation between intolerance of uncertainty (IU), meta-worry, and neuroticism on the one hand, and worry on the other hand, in a sample of 105 university students. Two different operationalizations of worry were used: trait worry and idiosyncratic worry. Results showed that IU, meta-worry, and neuroticism correlated significantly with trait worry. Further, IU and meta-worry were strongly related but made a unique and independent contribution to trait worry. Finally, IU and meta-worry could be considered as partial mediators of the relation between neuroticism and trait-like worry. Relations of IU, meta-worry, and neuroticism with idiosyncratic worry were weak or even absent, although neuroticism was associated with idiosyncratic worry when the stressful event was more imminent. In conclusion, not IU and meta-worry, but the general vulnerability factor of neuroticism appeared to possess the most declarative value in relation to both trait and idiosyncratic worry.

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Titel: The Prediction of Worry in Non-Clinical Individuals: The Role of Intolerance of Uncertainty, Meta-Worry, and Neuroticism
Auteurs: Gwendolijn Olivia de Bruin
Eric Rassin
Peter Muris
Publicatiedatum: 01-06-2007
Uitgeverij: Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers
Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment / Uitgave 2/2007
Print ISSN: 0882-2689
Elektronisch ISSN: 1573-3505
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10862-006-9029-6

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