The Moderating Role of Intolerance of Uncertainty in the Relationship Between Health Anxiety and Pandemic-Related Stress.

ABSTRACT:

Background and objectives

Global pandemics, including COVID-19, have a significant effect on mental health, and this may be especially true for individuals with health anxiety. Although health anxiety is related to both pandemic-related fears and perceptions of health risks, there is a paucity of research on individual difference variables that might exert an influence on these relationships. The present study examined intolerance of uncertainty (IU) as a potential moderator of the relationship between health anxiety and COVID-related stress, and the relationship between health anxiety and perceived risk of contracting COVID.

Design and methods

A nationally representative sample of North American adults (N = 204) completed self-report measures of health anxiety, IU, C

SUBMITTER: Sorid SD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10025784 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature