The present study seeks to investigate moderating effect of cognitive emotion regulation strategies on the relationship between intolerance of uncertainty and worry. 254 (114 females, 140 males) students of University of Tehran participated in the present study. Participants completed Intolerance of Uncertainty Scale - short form (IU-12), Penn State Worry Questionnaire (PSWQ-16) and Cognitive Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (CERQ-18). Results indicated that there were negative and positive significant relationships between intolerance of uncertainty and adaptive and non-adaptive cognitive emotion regulation strategies at p<0.01 level of significance, respectively. In addition, mediating role of cognitive emotion regulation strategies was confirmed according to the relationship between intolerance of uncertainty and worry. Findings revealed that the relationship between intolerance of uncertainty and worry is not simply linear and potentially influenced by both adaptive and non-adaptive cognitive emotion regulation strategies.
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