ArticleClinical psychology : a publication of the Division of Clinical Psychology of the American Psychological Association2023
Intolerance of Uncertainty as a Cognitive Vulnerability for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: A Qualitative Review.
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- The metacognitive paradox of OCD: confidence is globally reduced but shows increased sensitivity to local evidence.Research square · 2025Article
- McLean OCD Institute for Children and Adolescents: Overview, Rationale, and Description of Symptomatology and Functional Impairment.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Pediatric obsessive-compulsive disorder as a developmental disorder of cognitive-emotional control: a transdiagnostic and family-integrated perspective.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2025Review
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- Intolerance of uncertainty and negative emotions among high school art students during COVID-19 pandemic: a moderated mediation analysis.Frontiers in public health · 2024Article
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Abstract
Intolerance of uncertainty (IU) is the tendency to react negatively to uncertain situations. In this review, we critically evaluate the evidence for IU as a cognitive vulnerability for obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), including (a) evidence for a robust association between IU and OCD symptoms, (b) evidence that IU is stable and trait-like, (c) evidence for IU as a causal risk factor that influences the development of OCD directly or indirectly, and (d) evidence that IU is malleable to intervention. The available evidence suggests that IU is likely a candidate cognitive vulnerability factor for OCD, though additional research is needed to determine if increasing tolerance for uncertainty is a mechanism of effective OCD treatment. Future research examining IU across multiple levels of analysis and a more rigorous examination of the nomological network of IU may identify specific pathways contributing to the development and maintenance of OCD.
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