Intolerance Of Uncertainty
71 languages
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 Handout
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 Handout
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 Handout
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/
Exercise
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 Handout
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/
Free Guide
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/
Information Handout
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/
Worksheet
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/
Guide
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 Handout
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. 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