Fear of anxiety or fear of emotions? Anxiety sensitivity is indirectly related to anxiety and depressive symptoms via emotion regulation

Individual risky and protective factors influencing university new graduates’ career adaptability during COVID-19: A moderated mediation model

“…According to previous findings (Kim et al, 2016), individuals who are intolerant of uncertainty are less likely to recognize ambiguous information as beneficial. Meanwhile, anxiety sensitivity is often accompanied by psychological inflexibility (Ruiz, 2014), experiential avoidance (Stewart et al, 2002), maladaptive emotion regulation (Ouimet et al, 2016), and other mental health problems. Therefore, due to cognitive vulnerability, individuals with higher levels of intolerance of uncertainty and anxiety sensitivity had more maladaptive problems in career development during the COVID-19 epidemic.…”

What is the internal structure of intolerance of uncertainty? A network analysis approach

“…Cognitive-behavioral models of psychopathology postulate that cognitions, emotions, and behaviors are causally related (Beck, 1976). In particular, beliefsespecially those about emotions are assumed to play a pivotal role in triggering behaviors, which are usually implemented to modify an aversive emotional experience (Ouimet, Kane, & Tutino, 2016). Additionally, emotion regulation theories integrate this assumption positing that individuals -either implicitly or explicitly usually enact cognitive and behavioral strategies to modulate their emotional states.…”

Looking at the bigger picture: Young men’s sexual health from a psychological perspective

“…Recent research suggests that difficulties with ER (although perhaps less severe than seen in borderline personality disorder) also contribute to the development and maintenance of symptoms of psychological distress (e.g. anxiety, depression; Aldao et al, 2010; Kashdan et al, 2008; Ouimet et al, 2016). There are empirically supported treatments that focus, at least in part, on ER (e.g.…”

“…AS often co-occurs with difficulties regulating emotions in an adaptive way (Kashdan et al, 2008; Ouimet et al, 2016). People regulate their emotions in a variety of ways, and the strategies that they use can either be adaptive or maladaptive.…”