Jacinda has been referred for an ultrasound to discover the reason she is having abdominal pain.She wants her doctor to assure her she does NOT have cancer.Over the next few days,she thinks often about the ultrasound,as well as about the treatments she will have to undergo if it is cancer.She thinks about how terrible it will be for her children to grow up without a mother.Even though her doctor reassures her that it is unlikely to be cancer,she thinks about it constantly and is so anxious she is unable to sleep.According to new wave cognitive explanations of GAD,Jacinda is demonstrating ___.

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Jacinda's constant worrying and anxiety about the possibility of having cancer despite her doctor's reassurance is a sign of intolerance of uncertainty, which is a key feature of generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) according to the new wave cognitive explanations.

Jacinda Has Been Referred for an Ultrasound to Discover the Reason