Intolerance of uncertainty and distress associated with the experience of psychosis

• Published in: Psychology and psychotherapy Vol. 83; no. 3; pp. 317 - 324
• Main Authors: White, R. G., Gumley, A.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford, UK Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01-09-2010; British Psychological Society
• Subjects: Adult; Adult and adolescent clinical studies; Anxiety - psychology; Biological and medical sciences; Cross-Sectional Studies; Female; Hallucinations; Hallucinations - psychology; Humans; Intolerance; Male; Medical sciences; Metacognition; Middle Aged; Other psychotic disorders; Paranoid Disorders - psychology; Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; Psychological distress; Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry; Psychopathology. Psychiatry; Psychoses; Psychotic Disorders - psychology; Schizophrenic Psychology; Stress, Psychological - psychology; Uncertainty; Young Adult; Human; Belief; Affect affectivity; Persecutia complex; Metacognition; Delusion; Cognition; Auditory hallucination; Psychosis; Psychological distress; Cross sectional study; Young adult; Adult; Anxiety; Voice
• ISSN: 1476-0835; 2044-8341
• DOI: 10.1348/147608309X477572

There is growing research interest in the role of worry processes in psychosis. This study investigated associations between intolerance of uncertainty, meta‐cognitive beliefs about hallucinations and paranoia, and distress in 27 individuals with psychosis. Results suggest that intolerance of uncertainty may represent an important factor in emotional adaptation following psychosis.