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    • Exploring item order in anxiety-related constructs: Practical impacts of serial position 

      Carleton, R. Nicholas; Thibodeau, Michel, A.; Osborn, Jason, A.; Asmundson, Gordon, J. G. (2012-04)
      The present study was designed to test for item order effects by measuring four distinct constructs that contribute substantively to anxiety-related psychopathology (i.e., anxiety sensitivity, fear of negative evaluation, ...
    • A controlled investigation of continuing pain education for long-term care staff 

      Ghandehari, Omeed, O; Hadjistavropoulos, Thomas; Williams, Jaime; Thorpe, Lilian; Alfano, Dennis, P.; Dal Bello-Haas, Vanina; Malloy, David, C.; Martin, Ronald, R.; Rahaman, Omar; Zwakhale, Sandra, M.G.; Carleton, R. Nicholas; Hunter, Paulette, V.; Lix, Lisa, M. (Hindawi, 2013)
      The underassessment and undertreatment of pain in residents of long-term care (LTC) facilities has been well documented. Gaps in staff knowledge and inaccurate beliefs have been identified as contributors.OBJECTIVES: To ...
    • The Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale: A Review with a Theoretical and Empirical Examination of Item Content and Factor Structure 

      Carleton, R. Nicholas; Thibodeau, Michel, A.; Teale, Michelle, J. N.; Welch, Patrick, G.; Abrams, Murray, P.; Robinson, Thomas; Asmundson, Gordon, J. G. (Public Library of Science, 2013-03-01)
      The Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale (CES-D; Radloff, 1977) is a commonly used freely available self-report measure of depressive symptoms. Despite its popularity, several recent investigations have called ...
    • Into the unknown: A review and synthesis of contemporary models involving uncertainty 

      Carleton, R. Nicholas (Elsevier, 2016-02-27)
      The current review and synthesis serves to define and contextualize fear of the unknown relative to related constructs, such as intolerance of uncertainty, and contemporary models of emotion, attachment, and neuroticism. ...
    • Fear of the unknown: One fear to rule them all? 

      Carleton, R. Nicholas (Elsevier, 2016-03-29)
      The current review and synthesis was designed to provocatively develop and evaluate the proposition that “fear of the unknown may be a, or possibly the, fundamental fear” (Carleton, 2016) underlying anxiety and therein ...
    • Intolerance of Uncertainty: A Temporary Experimental Induction Procedure 

      Mosca, Oriana; Lauriola, Marco; Carleton, R. Nicholas (Public Library of Science, 2016-06-02)
      Intolerance of uncertainty (IU) is a trans-diagnostic construct involved in anxiety and related disorders. Research focused on cross-sectional reporting, manipulating attitudes toward objective and impersonal events or on ...
    • Hierarchical factor structure of the Intolerance of Uncertainty Scale short form (IUS-12) in the Italian version 

      Lauriola, Marco; Mosca, Oriana; Carleton, R. Nicholas (Cises, Srl, 2016-09)
      Despite widespread use, few translations are available for the Intolerance of Uncertainty Scale short form (IUS-12) as well as limited research on its psychometric properties in Italy. Moreover, recent evi- dence has ...
    • Mental Disorder Symptoms among Public Safety Personnel in Canada 

      Carleton, R. Nicholas; Afifi, Tracie, O; Turner, Sarah; Taillieu, Tamara; Duranceau, Sophie; LeBouthillier, Daniel, M.; Sareen, Jitender; Ricciardelli, Rosemary; MacPhee, Renee; Groll, Dianne; Hozempa, Kadie; Brunet, Alain; Weekes, John, R.; Griffiths, Curt, T.; Abrams, Kelly, J.; Jones, Nicholas, A.; Beshai, Shadi; Cramm, Heidi, A.; Dobson, Keith, S.; Hatcher, Simon; Keane, Terence, M.; Stewart, Sherry, H.; Asmundson, Gordon (SAGE Publications, 2017-08-28)
      Canadian public safety personnel (PSP; e.g., correctional workers, dispatchers, firefighters, paramedics, police officers) are exposed to potentially traumatic events as a function of their work. Such exposures contribute ...
    • Chronic pain among public safety personnel in Canada 

      Carleton, R. Nicholas; Afifi, Tracie, O.; Turner, Sarah; Taillieu, Tamara; El-Gabalawy, Renée; Sareen, Jitender; Asmundson, Gordon, J. G. (Taylor and Francis Group, 2017-12-18)
      Chronic pain is highly prevalent in the general population and may be even higheramong public safety personnel (PSP; e.g., correctional officers, dispatchers, firefighters, paramedics,police). Comprehensive data on chronic ...
    • Personal relative deprivation associated with functional disorders via stress: An examination of fibromyalgia and gastrointestinal symptoms 

      Beshai, Shadi; Mishra, Sanju; Mishra, Sandeep; Carleton, R. Nicholas (Public Library of Science, 2017-12-27)
      Personal relative deprivation is a negative social comparison process typified by self-com- parison, negative appraisal, and resultant negative emotionality. Personal relative depriva- tion has been associated with poorer ...
    • The Intolerance of Uncertainty Inventory: Validity and Comparison of Scoring Methods to Assess Individuals Screening Positive for Anxiety and Depression 

      Lauriola, Marco; Mosca, Oriana; Trentini, Cristina; Foschi, Renato; Tambelli, Renata; Carleton, R. Nicholas (Frontiers Media, 2018-03-26)
      Intolerance of Uncertainty is a fundamental transdiagnostic personality construct hierarchically organized with a core general factor underlying diverse clinical manifestations. The current study evaluated the construct ...
    • Anxiety-related psychopathology and chronic pain comorbidity among public safety personnel 

      Carleton, R. Nicholas; Afifi, Tracie, O; Taillieu, Tamara; Turner, Sarah; El-Gabalawy, Renee; Sareen, Jitender; Asmundson, Gordon (Elsevier, 2018-03-28)
      Canadian Public Safety Personnel (PSP; e.g., correctional service officers, dispatchers, firefighters, paramedics, police officers) regularly experience potentially traumatic, painful, and injurious events. Such exposures ...
    • A longitudinal assessment of the road to mental readiness training among municipal police 

      Carleton, R. Nicholas; Korol, Stephanie; Mason, Julia, E.; Hozempa, Kadie; Anderson, Gregory, S.; Jones, Nicholas, A.; Dobson, Keith, S.; Szeto, Andrew; Bailey, Suzanne (Taylor and Francis Group, 2018-06-18)
      Police agencies increasingly implement training programs to protect mental health. The Road to Mental Readiness (R2MR) program was designed by the Canadian military to increase mental health resilience. A version of R2MR ...
    • Experiences of trauma, depression, anxiety, and stress in western-Canadian HEMS personnel 

      Harenberg, Sebastian; McCarron, Michelle, C. E.; Carleton, R. Nicholas; O'Malley, Thomas; Ross, Terry (Community Safety Knowledge Alliance, 2018-10-17)
      Mental health in first responders and other public safety personnel has received substantial research attention in the past decade. Emergency medical services (EMS) demonstrate a heightened prevalence of maladaptive mental ...
    • Mental Health Training, Attitudes Towards Support, and Screening Positive for Mental Disorders 

      Carleton, R. Nicholas; Afifi, Tracie, O.; Turner, Sarah; Taillie, Tamara; Vaughan, Adam, V.; Anderson, Gregory, S.; Ricciardelli, Rosemary; MacPhee, Renée, S.; Cramm, Heidi; Czarnuch, Stephen; Hozempa, Kadie; Camp, Ronald, D. (Taylor and Francis Group, 2019-02-22)
      Public Safety Personnel (PSP; e.g. correctional workers, dispatchers, firefighters, paramedics, police) are frequently exposed to potentially traumatic events (PTEs). Several mental health training program categories (e.g. ...
    • A Correlational Analysis of the Relationships among Intolerance of Uncertainty, Anxiety Sensitivity, Subjective Sleep Quality, and Insomnia Symptoms 

      Lauriola, Marco; Carleton, R. Nicholas; Tempesta, Daniela; Calanna, Pierpaolo; Socci, Valentina; Mosca, Oriana; Salfi, Federico; De Gennaro, Luigi; Ferrara, Michele (Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2019-09-05)
      In this study, we used structural equation modeling to investigate the interplay among Intolerance of Uncertainty (IU), Anxiety Sensitivity (AS), and sleep problems. Three hundred undergraduate students completed the ...
    • Fit for public safety: Informing attitudes and practices tied to the hiring of public safety personnel 

      Ricciardelli, Rosemary; Andres, Elizabeth; Kaur, Navjotpal; Czarnuch, Stephen; Carleton, R. Nicholas (Taylor and Francis Group, 2019-09-25)
      Recent recognition that public safety personnel (PSP) have a high prevalence of mental disorders has initiated a discussion around PSP mental readiness for their work. The discussions have raised new interest in potential ...
    • The Relationship Between Uncertainty and Affect 

      Anderson, Eric, C.; Carleton, R. Nicholas; Diefenbach, Michael; Han, Paul, K.J. (Frontiers Media, 2019-11-12)
      Uncertainty and affect are fundamental and interrelated aspects of the human condition. Uncertainty is often associated with negative affect, but in some circumstances, it is associated with positive affect. In this article, ...
    • Intolerance of Uncertainty Fuels Depressive Symptoms through Rumination: Cross-Sectional and Longitudinal Studies 

      Huang, Vivian; Yu, Mabel; Carleton, R. Nicholas; Beshai, Shadi (Public Library of Science, 2019-11-19)
      The current study replicated and extended previous studies by examining the mediating and moderating role of rumination in the relationship between intolerance of uncertainty (IU) and depression in a community sample using ...
    • Demographic and cognitive risk factors for police mental disorder symptoms 

      Korol, Stephanie; Vig, Kelsey, D.; Teale Sapach, Michelle, J. N.; Asmundson, Gordon, J. G.; Carleton, R. Nicholas (SAGE Publications, 2019-12-17)
      The current study was designed to assess whether cognitive risk factors (i.e. anxiety sensitivity (AS), intolerance of uncertainty (IU)) explained variance in mental disorder symptoms in Canadian police officers beyond ...