The current review and synthesis serves to define and contextualize fear of the unknown
relative to related constructs, such as intolerance of uncertainty, and contemporary models …

The current review and synthesis was designed to provocatively develop and evaluate the
proposition that “fear of the unknown may be a, or possibly the, fundamental fear”(Carleton …

This study aimed to investigate the mediating role of intolerance of uncertainty, depression,
anxiety, and stress in the relationship between the fear of COVID-19 and positivity. The …

Objective The COVID-19 pandemic imposed a psychological burden on people worldwide,
including fear and anxiety. Older adults are considered more vulnerable during public health …

Given the need to understand both the negative and positive psychological consequences
of the current global COVID-19 pandemic (Brewin et al. in Perspectives in Public Health …

Abstract Amazon. com's Mechanical Turk (MTurk) website provides a data collection
platform with quick and inexpensive access to diverse samples. Numerous reports have …

Intolerance of uncertainty (IU)–a dispositional characteristic resulting from negative beliefs
about uncertainty and its implications–may be an important construct in anxiety disorders …

Uncertainty about future events may lead to worry, anxiety, even inability to function. The
highly related concept—intolerance of uncertainty (IU)—emerged in the early 1990s, which …

The over-purchasing and hoarding of necessities is a common response to crises,
especially in developed economies where there is normally an expectation of plentiful …

Modern anxiety disorder models implicitly include intolerance of uncertainty (IU) as a critical
component for the development and maintenance of these pervasive social and economic …