Carleton R Nicholas, Sharpe Donald, Asmundson Gordon J G
Anxiety and Illness Behaviours Laboratory, University of Regina, Regina, SK, Canada S4S0A2.
Behav Res Ther. 2007 Oct;45(10):2307-16. doi: 10.1016/j.brat.2007.04.006. Epub 2007 Apr 22.
Fears related to anxiety sensitivity (AS)-illness/injury sensitivity, fear of negative evaluation, and fear of pain-may have important theoretical associations with intolerance of uncertainty (IU). In separate investigations, AS and IU have been independently related to the same anxiety-related psychopathology. AS and IU seem to share a basis in fearing unknown, potentially harmful consequences; however, their inter-relationship remains uncertain. IU regarding a specific stimulus, a physical sensation for example, may result in a variety of interpretations and responses, including the catastrophic appraisals that characterize AS. The association between AS and IU was examined in a sample of 293 undergraduates. Results of confirmatory factor and correlation analyses suggest the two constructs are related, but nonetheless independent. It appears that IU may be a required component of catastrophic misappraisals while being an important construct related to fear and anxiety in its own right. Future research directions and potential applications are discussed.
与焦虑敏感性（AS）相关的恐惧——疾病/伤害敏感性、对负面评价的恐惧以及对疼痛的恐惧——可能与不确定性不耐受（IU）存在重要的理论关联。在单独的研究中，AS和IU都分别与相同的焦虑相关精神病理学有关。AS和IU似乎都基于对未知的、潜在有害后果的恐惧；然而，它们之间的相互关系仍不明确。对特定刺激（例如一种身体感觉）的IU可能会导致多种解释和反应，包括构成AS特征的灾难性评估。在一个由293名本科生组成的样本中检验了AS与IU之间的关联。验证性因素分析和相关性分析的结果表明这两个构念是相关的，但仍然是独立的。似乎IU可能是灾难性错误评估的一个必要组成部分，同时其本身也是与恐惧和焦虑相关的一个重要构念。文中讨论了未来的研究方向和潜在应用。
