Race moderates the impact of intolerance of uncertainty on mental health symptoms in Black and White community adults.

ABSTRACT: Racism increases the amount of uncertainty in daily life, which may differentially affect the mental health of individuals from racial minority groups who score high on trait intolerance of uncertainty (IU), or the tendency to experience uncertainty as highly aversive. We examined associations between trait IU and current symptoms of common mental disorders in community samples of Black (N = 125) and White (N = 125) adults ages 18-55 who were matched on age, gender, and educational attainment. Given that data were collected between 2017 and 2021, we also examined pandemic exposure as a moderator of these associations. No mean differences emerged between Black and White adults on trait IU measured with the Intolerance of Uncertainty Scale-12 or on current psychiatric symptoms assessed with

SUBMITTER: Sadeh N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9839518 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature