Mary E. Oglesby’s research while affiliated with Florida State University and other places

... To date, niacin (Vitamin B3), which induces facial flushing through the activation of vasodilatory prostaglandin receptors [11], has been used as a biological agent in a biological challenge paradigm to Psychiatry Int. 2022, 3 337 measure ASSC [12]. In this approach, participants are randomly assigned to consume niacin or a sugar pill placebo prior to completing a speech task in which they are told they will be judged based on their publicly observable symptoms of anxiety. ...

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Anxiety Sensitivity Social Concerns Predicts Electrodermal Activity during the Niacin Biological Challenge Paradigm

... U.S veterans with a life time suicide attempt had a higher likelihood (AOR 4.12, 95% CI 2.99-5.69) of AUDs [14]. Insomnia symptoms exacerbated AUD symptoms [22] and high risk drinkers were also more likely to wear seat belts less often and drive over the speed limit [23] among U.S military personnel. Smokers are known to be at a greater risk of a multitude of substance use disorders including AUDs as demonstrated among young adults in the U.S [24,25]. ...

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At risk in uniform: investigating the risks of alcohol use disorders among army personnel

... Among others, IU has been shown to be robustly associated with symptoms of SAD [14,40]. IU was found to be associated with social anxiety on both self-report and behavioural measures through a bias in the interpretation of uncertain social situations [41]. Individuals with high levels of social anxiety and IU may be particularly vulnerable to experiencing uncertainty about their ability to maintain positive social interactions. ...

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Stability and Change in Intolerance of Uncertainty and Its Association with Interpretation Bias in Social Situations: A Longitudinal Study of Italian Adolescents

... Studies show that certain variables contribute to PTSS and other distressful illnesses upon exposure to traumatic events (Oglesby et al., 2017;Raines et al., 2019). One such variable, intolerance of uncertainty, refers to the difficulty of coping with the ambiguity associated with future occurrences and the fear of unexpected obstacles (Buhr & Dugas, 2002). ...

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Post-traumatic stress symptoms and war-related concerns among pregnant women: The contribution of self-mastery and intolerance of uncertainty

... Negative narratives, such as insecure, excited, and disillusioned, carry the risk of normalizing negative expectations over a longer period of time. Believing processes with negative emotional loading including strategies such as aggression, escape, or avoidance, could expose the body and mind to sustained and increase allostatic load and therefore lead to elevated distress [46]. Thus, credition with negative emotional loading was associated with increased psychological symptoms, depression, and increased global distress in this study. ...

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Believing Processes during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Qualitative Analysis

... The identification of specific risk genes involved in OCD etiology was complicated by inconsistent results of the genetic studies [6]. The heterogeneity associated with OCD may explain the inconsistent results [7]. Evidence from candidate gene studies suggests that the genetic vulnerability of OCD may be associated with certain OCD phenotypes according to sex, onset of symptoms, family history of psychiatric disorders especially OCD, presence of comorbidities, and symptom dimensions [8]. ...

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Association between serotonin transporter gene polymorphism and obsessive-compulsive disorder in the Egyptian population

... From an intervention perspective, targeting uncertainty intolerance and mindfulness are fruitful avenues for future research. Cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) interventions that reduce uncertainty intolerance have been found to reduce worry, including generalized anxiety disorder (Bomyea et al., 2015;Li et al., 2020;Oglesby et al., 2017). Mindfulness interventions have also been found to reduce uncertainty intolerance and healthrelated anxieties (Victorson et al., 2017) and to increase compassion and improve general decision-making (Creswell, 2017;Karelaia & Reb, 2015). ...

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A Scoping and Theoretical Review of Joy in Leadership in the Nonprofit Sector

... Fear and anxiety often show a good correlation, but there are no data to establish a positive relationship between anxiety and vaccination status [20]. Theoretically, people with anxiety disorders tend to overestimate threats [21], have a greater intolerance of uncertainty [22], and may be more hesitant than those without anxiety problems [23], which could affect their decision to get vaccinated. In any case, studies conducted during the COVID-19 pandemic, when health authorities were urging vaccination, show that anxious and non-anxious individuals did not differ in terms of COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy and acceptance [24]. ...

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Links between Vaccination Fear-, Anxiety-, Alexithymia-, and Type D Personality-Related Vaccination Decisions: A Network Analysis in a Multicultural Sample

... Studies show that people who compulsively hoard physical objects tend to focus more on negative consequences than positive ones [29], [30], [31]. Negative consequences have been incorporated into another phenomenon associated with compulsive use of technologies, such as problematic Internet use or PIU [32], [33], [34]. ...

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Digital Hoarding in the Workplace: A Structural Equation Modeling Approach

... It reflects how individuals respond to anxiety [14] and is closely associated with panic disorder [15]. Anxiety sensitivity is a significant mediator between neuroticism and anxiety-related disorders [16]. Moreover, it has been shown that anxiety sensitivity demonstrates incremental validity in predicting dispositional disorders over neuroticism [17], and it predicts the maintenance of anxiety disorders uniquely, surpassing other factors such as neuroticism [18]. ...

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Beyond neuroticism: mediators of personality traits and internalizing psychopathology