Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry ( IF 2.662 ) Pub Date : 2021-03-26 , DOI: 10.1016/j.jbtep.2021.101654 Nihan Osmanağaoğlu 1 , Cathy Creswell 2 , Helen F Dodd 3
Background and objectives
Intolerance of Uncertainty (IU) may be important for the development and maintenance of anxiety disorders but research with preadolescent children has relied entirely on questionnaire measures to assess IU. Here we aimed to develop a behavioural measure of IU that was appropriate for preadolescent children by adapting the beads task (Jacoby, Abramowitz, Buck, & Fabricant, 2014).
Methods
Participants were 51 typically developing children (26 female; 7–11 years). We examined first whether preadolescent participants could understand and complete the task, then how participants responded to varying levels of uncertainty. We also conducted exploratory analyses regarding associations between task measures and questionnaire measures of IU, anxiety and worry.
Results
Overall, the adapted Beads Task appears suitable for preadolescent children and is able to capture reactions to uncertainty. At least some of these reactions are related to questionnaire measures of IU and anxiety. Implications and areas for future research are discussed to provide insights into how behavioural tasks examining responses to uncertainty can improve our understanding of IU.
Limitations
The sample size was relatively small. There was no control task or condition without uncertainty.
Conclusions
Overall, the adapted Beads Task appears suitable for preadolescent children and is able to capture reactions to uncertainty. This type of behavioural task would be appropriate for use in future research that aims to improve our understanding of IU in children.
中文翻译:
青春期前儿童不确定性不容忍行为测量的发展:珠子任务的适应
背景和目标
不确定性不耐受 (IU) 可能对焦虑症的发展和维持很重要,但对青春期前儿童的研究完全依赖于问卷测量来评估 IU。在这里,我们旨在通过调整珠子任务(Jacoby、Abramowitz、Buck 和 Fabricant,2014 年)来开发适合青春期前儿童的 IU 行为测量。
方法
参与者是 51 名正常发育的儿童(26 名女性;7-11 岁)。我们首先检查了青春期前的参与者是否能够理解和完成任务,然后参与者如何应对不同程度的不确定性。我们还对任务测量与 IU、焦虑和担忧的问卷测量之间的关联进行了探索性分析。
结果
总体而言,改编的珠子任务似乎适合青春期前的儿童,并且能够捕捉对不确定性的反应。这些反应中至少有一些与 IU 和焦虑的问卷测量有关。讨论了未来研究的意义和领域,以深入了解检查对不确定性的反应的行为任务如何提高我们对 IU 的理解。
限制
样本量相对较小。没有没有不确定性的控制任务或条件。
结论
总体而言,改编的珠子任务似乎适合青春期前的儿童,并且能够捕捉对不确定性的反应。这种类型的行为任务适用于未来的研究,旨在提高我们对儿童 IU 的理解。