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Examining familial risk factors for social anxiety disorder: Intolerance of uncertainty and related personality traits.
Journal of anxiety disorders - 1 Apr 2026
Moreau Allison L, Li Lilian Y, White Jasmine, Shankman Stewart A
Abstract excerpt
Intolerance of uncertainty (IU) is an individual difference dimension reflecting difficulty in tolerating aversive responses triggered by uncertainty. IU is an important etiological and maintaining mechanism of social anxiety disorder (SAD). However, IU's role as a familial risk factor for SAD remains unresolved. In the present study, we sought to 1) confirm that SAD runs in families (as per prior studies), 2)...
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