%0 Journal Article %A Shahjoee, Taghi %A Mahmood Aliloo, Majid %A Bakhshipour Roodsari, Abbas %A Fakhari, Ali %T Intolerance of Uncertainty and Worry among Patients with Generalized Anxiety Disorder and Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder %J Iranian Journal of Psychiatry and Clinical Psychology %V 17 %N 4 %U http://ijpcp.iums.ac.ir/article-1-1454-en.html %R %D 2012 %K generalized anxiety disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, intolerance of uncertainty, worry, %X Objectives: The aim of the present study was to compare intolerance of uncertainty and worry among patients with generalized anxiety disorder (GAD), obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and normal individuals. Method: Thirty one patients with GAD, thirty one patients with OCD and thirty one normal individuals were selected via inconvenient sampling. Data gathering was done using Intolerance of Uncertainty Scale (IUS) and Penn State Worry Questionnaire (PSWQ). The data were analyzed in multivariate analysis of variance model (MANOVA). Results: The results showed significant differences in the subscales “uncertainty leads to the inability to act” and “uncertainty is stressful and upsetting”, and in “worry” between three groups of GAD, OCD and normal (p %> http://ijpcp.iums.ac.ir/article-1-1454-en.pdf %P 304-312 %& 304 %! Intolerance of Uncertainty and Worry among Patients with Generalized Anxiety Disorder and Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder %9 Original Research %L A-10-1-450 %+ Department of Clinical Psychology, %G eng %@ 1735-4315 %[ 2012