Laugesen Nina, Dugas Michel J, Bukowski William M
Centre for Research in Human Development, Department of Psychology, Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
J Abnorm Child Psychol. 2003 Feb;31(1):55-64. doi: 10.1023/a:1021721332181.
The relationship between worry and 4 cognitive variables, intolerance of uncertainty, positive beliefs about worry, negative problem orientation, and cognitive avoidance, was examined in an adolescent sample of 528 boys and girls aged 14-18. The participants completed questionnaires assessing worry, somatic anxiety symptoms, and the variables mentioned above. The results show that (a) intolerance of uncertainty, positive beliefs about worry, and negative problem orientation each account for a significant amount of variance in adolescent worry scores in the multiple regression, and (b) the discriminant function derived from the 4 variables is effective in classifying moderate and high worriers into their respective groups (72.8% correct classification). Furthermore, analyses demonstrate that intolerance of uncertainty has the strongest association with worry scores and is the most important variable in discriminating between moderate and high adolescent worriers. These results suggest that intolerance of uncertainty plays a key role in our understanding of adolescent worry.
在一个由528名年龄在14至18岁的男孩和女孩组成的青少年样本中，研究了担忧与4个认知变量之间的关系，这些变量包括对不确定性的不耐受、对担忧的积极信念、消极的问题取向和认知回避。参与者完成了评估担忧、躯体焦虑症状以及上述变量的问卷。结果表明：（a）在多元回归中，对不确定性的不耐受、对担忧的积极信念和消极的问题取向各自在青少年担忧得分中解释了相当大的方差；（b）从这4个变量得出的判别函数能够有效地将中度和高度担忧者分类到各自的组别中（正确分类率为72.8%）。此外，分析表明，对不确定性的不耐受与担忧得分的关联最强，并且是区分中度和高度青少年担忧者的最重要变量。这些结果表明，对不确定性的不耐受在我们理解青少年担忧方面起着关键作用。
