首页|An examination of Intolerance of Uncertainty and contingency instruction on multiple indices during threat acquisition and extinction training
An examination of Intolerance of Uncertainty and contingency instruction on multiple indices during threat acquisition and extinction training
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Elsevier
Individuals who score high in self-reported Intolerance of Uncertainty (IU) tend to find uncertainty aversive. Prior research has demonstrated that under uncertainty individuals with high IU display difficulties in updating learned threat associations to safety associations. Importantly, recent research has shown that providing contingency instructions about threat and safety contingencies (i.e. reducing uncertainty) to individuals with high IU promotes the updating of learned threat associations to safety associations. Here we aimed to conceptually replicate IU and contingency instruction-based effects by conducting a secondary analysis of self-reported IU, ratings, skin conductance, and functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) data recorded during uninstructed/instructed blocks of threat acquisition and threat extinction training (n = 48). Generally, no significant associations were observed between self-reported IU and differential responding to learned threat and safety cues for any measure during uninstructed/instructed blocks of threat acquisition and threat extinction training. There was some tentative evidence that higher IU was associated with greater ratings of unpleasantness and arousal to the safety cue after the experiment and greater skin conductance response to the safety cue during extinction generally. Potential explanations for these null effects and directions for future research are discussed.
AcquisitionExtinctionThreatInstructionsIntolerance of UncertaintySkin conductancefMRINOVELTY-FACILITATED EXTINCTIONEXPOSURE THERAPYHUMAN FEARANXIETYHABITUATIONDISORDERVERSIONMODELSRETURNTRIAL
NSTL
Elsevier
