Effects of attitudes towards ambiguity on subclinical depression and anxiety in healthy individuals

• Enoki, Hiroyuki

• Koda, Munenaga

• Nishimura, Sayako

• Kondo, Tsuyoshi

Abstract

This study aims to examine the effects of multidimensional attitudes towards ambiguity on subclinical depression and anxiety in healthy individuals. Attitudes Towards Ambiguity Scale, consisting of four clusters (enjoyment, anxiety, exclusion, and noninterference), Self-Rating Depression Scale, and State-Trait Anxiety Inventory–trait version were administered to 1019 Japanese volunteers. The result of a regression analysis suggested that the score of Attitudes Towards Ambiguity Scale–enjoyment factor significantly contributed to the Self-Rating Depression Scale score while that of Attitudes Towards Ambiguity Scale–anxiety factor significantly contributed to the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory–trait score. Among attitudes toward ambiguity, enjoyment may have protective effects against subclinical depression whereas anxiety can enhance anxiety-trait in nonclinical individuals.

Journal

• Health Psychology Open

  Health Psychology Open 6 (1), 205510291984061-, 2019-04-05

  SAGE Publications

Keywords

• ambiguity tolerance
• attitude
• hierarchical multiple regression analysis
• Self-Rating Depression Scale
• State-Trait Anxiety Inventory
• uncertainty

Details

• CRID: 1050001338895295488
• NII Article ID: 120006768440
• ISSN: 20551029
• DOI: 10.1177/2055102919840619
• Web Site: https://repo.lib.tokushima-u.ac.jp/114018
• Web Site: http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/2055102919840619
• Web Site: http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full-xml/10.1177/2055102919840619
• Text Lang: en
• Article Type: journal article
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