Intolerance Of Uncertainty
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Am I Experiencing Depression?
Depression is a condition characterized by an extended period of low mood, anhedonia, and reduction in activity. Am I Experiencing Depression? is an i ...
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Am I Experiencing Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD)?
Generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) is a condition characterized by problematic worry. Am I Experiencing Generalized Anxiety Disorder? is an indicative ...
https://www.psychologytools.com/resource/am-i-experiencing-generalized-anxiety-disorder-gad
Exercises
Checking Certainty And Doubt
Psychologists have discovered interesting relationships between Checking, Certainty, And Doubt. This information handout contains an exercise helpful ...
https://www.psychologytools.com/resource/checking-certainty-and-doubt
Information handouts
Cognitive Behavioral Model Of Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD: Dugas, Gagnon, Ladouceur, Freeston, 1998)
Individuals with generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) report significant worry which they find difficult to control and experience as distressing. Numer ...
https://www.psychologytools.com/resource/cognitive-behavioral-model-of-generalized-anxiety-disorder-gad-dugas-gagnon-ladouceur-freeston-1998
Information handouts
Cognitive Behavioral Model Of Intolerance Of Uncertainty (Hebert, Dugas, 2019)
Intolerance of uncertainty (IU) has been defined as “an underlying fear of the unknown”. Intolerance of uncertainty is a risk factor for the deve ...
https://www.psychologytools.com/resource/cognitive-behavioral-model-of-intolerance-of-uncertainty-hebert-dugas-2019
Information handouts
Embracing Uncertainty
Intolerance of uncertainty (IU) was first described in individuals suffering from Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD). Many behaviors associated with G ...
https://www.psychologytools.com/resource/embracing-uncertainty
Exercises
Intolerance Of Uncertainty
Uncertainty is a normal part of life – we can never be 100% sure about what will happen next. Many people feel good about uncertainty and live lives ...
https://www.psychologytools.com/resource/intolerance-of-uncertainty
Information handouts
Living With Worry And Anxiety Amidst Global Uncertainty
This free guide was published in March 2020 in response to the coronavirus pandemic and is designed for anyone experiencing anxiety or worry. In times ...
https://www.psychologytools.com/resource/living-with-worry-and-anxiety-amidst-global-uncertainty
Guides
Mastery Of Your Anxiety And Worry: Therapist Guide
Mastery Of Your Anxiety And Worry comes in two volumes. This page is for the Therapist Guide. Click on the following link to access the accompanying W ...
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Mastery Of Your Anxiety And Worry: Workbook
Mastery Of Your Anxiety And Worry comes in two volumes. This page is for the Workbook. Click on the following link to access the accompanying Therapis ...
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Recognizing Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD)
Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD) is characterized by an extended period of excessive worry. The DSM also emphasizes the importance of the client’s ...
https://www.psychologytools.com/resource/recognizing-generalized-anxiety-disorder-gad
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Uncertainty Beliefs – Experiment Record
Situations which are uncertain, novel, or ambiguous trigger a state of uncertainty. Evidence indicates that individuals who are dispositionally high i ...
https://www.psychologytools.com/resource/uncertainty-beliefs-experiment-record
Worksheets
Understanding Generalized Anxiety And Worry
Our ‘Understanding…’ series is a collection of psychoeducation guides for common mental health conditions. Friendly and explanatory, they are co ...
https://www.psychologytools.com/resource/understanding-generalized-anxiety-and-worry
Guides
Understanding Health Anxiety
Our ‘Understanding…’ series is a collection of psychoeducation guides for common mental health conditions. Friendly and explanatory, they are co ...
https://www.psychologytools.com/resource/understanding-health-anxiety
Guides
What Keeps Generalized Anxiety And Worry Going?
The “What Keeps It Going?” series is a set of one-page diagrams explaining how common mental health conditions are maintained. Friendly and concis ...
https://www.psychologytools.com/resource/what-keeps-generalized-anxiety-and-worry-going
Information handouts
Assessment
- Intolerance of Uncertainty Behaviour in Everyday Life Questionnaire (IUBEL) | UNiCORN | 2020
- IUBEQ 1.0 Guide for therapists download archived copy
- IUBEL 1.0 Situational measure download archived copy
- IUBEL 1.0 Generalized measure download archived copy
- Intolerance of Uncertainty Scale – 5 Item Version (IUS-5) | UNiCORN | 2020
- Scale download archived copy
- Intolerance of Uncertainty Scale -Short Form (IUS-S) | Carleton, Norton, & Asmundson | 2007
- Scale download archived copy
Information Handouts
UNiCORN
The UNiCORN team, led by Professor Mark Freeston, research models, mechanisms, and treatments for uncertainty distress. They have published a selection of materials and measures.
- Managing and rebalancing information download archived copy
- A typology of information download
- Task review and planner download archived copy
- Noticing certainty seeking behaviour download archived copy
CCI
- Accepting uncertainty worksheet download archived copy
- Accepting uncertainty module download archived copy
Presentations
- Using strategies from anxiety treatments to target uncertainty distress | Mark Freeston | 2020 view
- It’s not just the threat, it’s the uncertainty: Understanding and managing uncertainty and distress | Mark Freeston | 2020 view
Recommended Reading
- Freeston, M., & Komes, J. (2023). Revisiting uncertainty as a felt sense of unsafety: The somatic error theory of intolerance of uncertainty. Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry, 79, 101827. download archived copy
- Freeston, M. H., Tiplady, A., Mawn, L., Bottesi, G., & Thwaites, S. (2020). Towards a model of uncertainty distress in the context of Coronavirus (Covid-19). the Cognitive Behaviour Therapist. download
- Milne, S., Lomax, C., & Freeston, M. H. (2019). A review of the relationship between intolerance of uncertainty and threat appraisal in anxiety. The Cognitive Behaviour Therapist, 12.
- Pepperdine, E., Lomax, C., & Freeston, M. H. (2018). Disentangling intolerance of uncertainty and threat appraisal in everyday situations. Journal of anxiety disorders, 57, 31-38.
- Shihata, S., McEvoy, P. M., Mullan, B. A., & Carleton, R. N. (2016). Intolerance of uncertainty in emotional disorders: What uncertainties remain?. Journal of anxiety disorders, 41, 115-124. download archived copy