Brief report:effects of sensory sensitivity and intolerance of uncertainty on anxiety in mothers of children with autism spectrum disorder

Abstract

This study examined the relations between anxiety and individual characteristics of sensory sensitivity (SS) and intolerance of uncertainty (IU) in mothers of children with ASD. The mothers of 50 children completed the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale, the Highly Sensitive Person Scale and the IU Scale. Anxiety was associated with both SS and IU and IU was also associated with SS. Mediation analyses showed direct effects between anxiety and both IU and SS but a significant indirect effect was found only in the model in which IU mediated between SS. This is the first study to characterize the nature of the IU and SS interrelation in predicting levels of anxiety.

Publication DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-015-2557-8
Divisions: College of Health & Life Sciences
Additional Information: The final publication is available at Springer via http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10803-015-2557-8
Uncontrolled Keywords: anxiety,autism spectrum disorders,intolerance of uncertainty,parents,sensory sensitivity,Developmental and Educational Psychology
Publication ISSN: 1573-3432
Last Modified: 25 Mar 2024 08:15
Date Deposited: 02 Sep 2015 13:55
Full Text Link: http://link.spr ... 0803-015-2557-8
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PURE Output Type: Article
Published Date: 2016-01
Published Online Date: 2015-08-09
Accepted Date: 2015-08-01
Authors: Uljarević, Mirko
Carrington, Sarah (ORCID Profile 0000-0001-5548-8793)
Leekam, Susan

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