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APS Virtual Poster Showcase · 2020

Low Threshold Sensory Patterns Predict Intolerance of Uncertainty in Addition to Trait Anxiety in Emerging Adults

Virtual · June 2020

Poster Sessions · Clinical Science

  • Veronica Panchyshyn
    Developmental Neuroscience Lab
  • Cassandra Gordon
    Developmental Neuroscience Lab
  • Carolynn Hare
    Brock University
  • Sidney Segalowitz
    Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience Lab
  • Ayda Tekok-Kilic
    Brock University

Abstract

Sensory processing patterns and its relation to intolerance of uncertainty (IU) were investigated in an undergraduate sample (N=208). Results were consistent in that Trait Anxiety predicted IU. Gender differences (male/female) and sensory processing (specifically sensory sensitivity) partially explained this relationship.

Perception