Getting used to surprises and new things

This worksheet is designed with the purpose of assisting clinicians exploring intolerance of uncertainty (IU) with children.

Research suggests that IU is a cognitive vulnerability factor for worry in the adult population (Buhr & Dugas, 2006; Koerner & Dugas, 2008) and emerging research suggests that the model may be useful within the child and adolescent population (Watts et al 2021; Laugeson et al., 2003; Dugas et al., 2012).

References and Further Reading

  • Osmanağaoğlu, N., Creswell, C., & Dodd, H. F. (2018). Intolerance of uncertainty, anxiety, and worry in children and adolescents: A meta-analysis. Journal of Affective Disorders, 225, 80–90. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2017.07.035.
  • Buhr, K. and Dugas, M.J. (2006) ‘Investigating the construct validity of intolerance of uncertainty and its unique relationship with worry’, Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 20(2), pp. 222–236. doi:10.1016/j.janxdis.2004.12.004.
  • James, A. C., Reardon, T., Creswell, C., & Turgay, G. (2018). Cognitive behavioural therapy for anxiety disorders in children and adolescents. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews [Preprint].
  • Perrin, S., Bevan, D., Payne, S., & Hughes, B. (2019). GAD-specific cognitive behavioral treatment for children and adolescents: A pilot randomized controlled trial. Cognitive Therapy and Research, 43(5), 1051–1064.