Lind Christian, Boschen Mark J
School of Psychology, Griffith University, Southport Qld, Australia.
J Anxiety Disord. 2009 Dec;23(8):1047-52. doi: 10.1016/j.janxdis.2009.07.005. Epub 2009 Jul 8.
Both responsibility beliefs and intolerance of uncertainty have been implicated in compulsive checking behavior. Despite this, the exact relationship of these two variables with compulsive checking behavior is yet to be determined. Using a mixed sample of individuals consisting of compulsive checkers as well as non-clinical participants, we assessed the validity of a mediation model in which the relationship between responsibility beliefs and compulsive checking was mediated by intolerance of uncertainty. Although both responsibility beliefs and intolerance of uncertainty were correlated with the frequency of compulsive checking, the relationship between responsibility and checking was fully mediated by intolerance of uncertainty. Implications for the understanding of the relationship between these constructs, as well for conceptualization of clinical checking problems are discussed.
责任信念和对不确定性的不容忍都与强迫性检查行为有关。尽管如此，这两个变量与强迫性检查行为的确切关系仍有待确定。我们使用了一个由强迫性检查者和非临床参与者组成的混合样本，评估了一个中介模型的有效性，在该模型中，责任信念与强迫性检查之间的关系由对不确定性的不容忍介导。虽然责任信念和对不确定性的不容忍都与强迫性检查的频率相关，但责任与检查之间的关系完全由对不确定性的不容忍介导。本文讨论了这些构念之间关系的理解以及临床检查问题概念化的意义。
