@article{larochelle_intolerance_2025,

title = {Intolerance of Uncertainty and Emotion Dysregulation as Predictors of Generalized Anxiety Disorder Severity in a Clinical Population},

author = {S. Larochelle and M. J. Dugas and F. Langlois and P. Gosselin and G. Belleville and S. Bouchard},

url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-86000587548&doi=10.3390%2fjcm14051502&partnerID=40&md5=ea6c43194a821d0a0623385714231936},

doi = {10.3390/jcm14051502},

issn = {20770383 (ISSN)},

year  = {2025},

date = {2025-01-01},

journal = {Journal of Clinical Medicine},

volume = {14},

number = {5},

abstract = {Background/objectives: Several factors have been shown to play a role in the development and maintenance of generalized anxiety disorder (GAD), including intolerance of uncertainty and emotion dysregulation. Although the individual contribution of both of these factors is well documented, their combined effect has yet to be studied in a clinical population with GAD. The aim of the present study was to examine the relative contribution of intolerance of uncertainty and emotion dysregulation to the prediction of worry and GAD severity in adults with GAD. Methods: The sample consisted of 108 participants diagnosed with GAD. The participants completed measures of worry, GAD severity, depressive symptoms, intolerance of uncertainty, and emotion dysregulation. Results: Multiple regression indicated that both intolerance of uncertainty and emotion dysregulation significantly contributed to both worry and GAD severity, over and above the contribution of depressive symptoms. Of note, the model explained 36% of the variance in GAD severity scores. Conclusions: The present results provide preliminary evidence of complementarity among dominant models of GAD, and point to the potential role of integrative conceptualizations and treatment strategies for GAD. © 2025 by the authors.},

note = {Publisher: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)},

keywords = {adult, aged, article, Beck Depression Inventory, clinical population, comorbidity, controlled study, Depression, difficulties in emotion regulation scale, disease severity, emotion, emotion dysregulation, emotion regulation, employment status, female, generalized anxiety disorder, human, intolerance of uncertainty, Intolerance of Uncertainty Scale, major clinical study, male, patient worry, penn state worry questionnaire, prediction, predictive model, psychotherapy, Severity of Illness Index, sociodemographics, theoretical model},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {article}

}

@article{michaliszyn_randomized_2010,

title = {A randomized, controlled clinical trial of in virtuo and in vivo exposure for spider phobia},

author = {D. Michaliszyn and A. Marchand and S. Bouchard and M. -O. Martel and J. Poirier-Bisson},

url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-78650262716&doi=10.1089%2fcyber.2009.0277&partnerID=40&md5=8efc6b65de8b3477ca3cd0fa8fcab93a},

doi = {10.1089/cyber.2009.0277},

issn = {21522723 (ISSN)},

year  = {2010},

date = {2010-01-01},

journal = {Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking},

volume = {13},

number = {6},

pages = {689–695},

abstract = {The present study compared the efficacy of virtual reality (VR) in virtuo exposure and in vivo exposure in the treatment of spider phobia. Two treatment conditions were compared to a waiting-list condition. A 3-month follow-up evaluation was conducted in order to assess the durability of the treatment effects. Participants were randomly assigned to the treatment groups. A total of 16 participants received the in virtuo treatment, and 16 received the in vivo treatment. The waiting-list condition included 11 participants. Participants received eight 1.5-hour treatment sessions. Efficacy was measured with the Fear of Spiders Questionnaire, the Spider Beliefs Questionnaire (SBQ-F), and a Behavioral Avoidance Test (BAT). In addition, a clinician administered the Structured Interview for DSM-IV to assess DSM-IV's criteria for specific phobia and severity. Clinical and statistically significant improvements were found for both groups. Differences in treatment groups were found on one of five measures of fear: greater improvement on the SBQ-F beliefs subscale was associated with in vivo exposure. Copyright 2010, Mary Ann Liebert, Inc.},

keywords = {Adolescent, adult, analysis of variance, animal, Animals, article, behavior therapy, clinical trial, computer interface, Computer Simulation, controlled clinical trial, controlled study, Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, female, follow up, Follow-Up Studies, hospitalization, human, Humans, Implosive Therapy, Intention to Treat Analysis, interview, male, methodology, Middle Aged, phobia, Phobic Disorders, psychologic test, Psychological, questionnaire, Questionnaires, randomized controlled trial, Severity of Illness Index, spider, Spiders, treatment outcome, User-Computer Interface},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {article}

}

@article{renaud_behavioral_2002,

title = {Behavioral avoidance dynamics in the presence of a virtual spider},

author = {P. Renaud and S. Bouchard and R. Proulx},

url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-0036708418&doi=10.1109%2fTITB.2002.802381&partnerID=40&md5=4dd582cb233d8396f7795cf93cb1b984},

doi = {10.1109/TITB.2002.802381},

issn = {10897771 (ISSN)},

year  = {2002},

date = {2002-01-01},

journal = {IEEE Transactions on Information Technology in Biomedicine},

volume = {6},

number = {3 SPEC.},

pages = {235–243},

abstract = {Tracking behavior with a virtual spider and a neutral target is compared in fearful and nonfearful subjects. Head-tracking in virtual environments appears to be a scale-free behavior with long-range fractal-like patterns. Moreover, these fractal patterns change according to what the target affords the tracker and the level of behavioral avoidance manifested by the subjects. Results are interpreted in terms of ecological psychology and nonlinear dynamics, and implications for virtual reality (VR) psychology are outlined.},

keywords = {adult, Affordance, animal, Animals, Anxiety, Anxiety disorder, article, Behavioral avoidance, Biomedical engineering, Chronic Disease, clinical trial, Computer Graphics, computer interface, Computer Simulation, controlled clinical trial, controlled study, Environment, Fear, female, Fractal dynamics, Fractals, head movement, Head movements, hospitalization, human, Human computer interaction, Humans, Interactive computer graphics, male, Motion Perception, movement perception, pathophysiology, Patient treatment, phobia, Phobic Disorders, Presence, psychological aspect, Psychomotor Performance, Psychophysiology, reproducibility, Reproducibility of Results, Self Assessment (Psychology), self evaluation, Sensitivity and Specificity, Severity of Illness Index, spider, Spiders, Tracking, treatment outcome, User-Computer Interface, virtual reality},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {article}

}