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What is distress intolerance and distress overtolerance?
How does distress intolerance develop?
What is stress intolerance?
Jul 15, 2019 · This module defines what is meant by distress intolerance, and provides general information about negative emotions. It considers how our negative beliefs about distress and the methods we use to escape our distress, keep distress intolerance a problem in the long term.
Dec 12, 2010 · Specifically, distress tolerance has been referred to as (a) the perceived capacity to withstand negative emotional and/or other aversive states (e.g., physical discomfort) and (b) the behavioral act of withstanding distressing internal states elicited by some type of stressor.
- Michael J. Zvolensky, Anka A. Vujanovic, Amit Bernstein, Teresa Leyro
- 10.1177/0963721410388642
- 2010
- 2010/12/12
Distress intolerance is when someone believes they are unable to cope with their uncomfortable emotions, and tries to escape or avoid them. How does distress intolerance develop? It is likely a combination of biological and environmental factors that lead some people to be more intolerant of emotional distress than others.
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Without an overarching theoretical framework, various formulations of distress tolerance have emphasized an array of source (s) and forms of experiential distress. In addition, two broad, conceptually distinct forms of tolerance have characterized the distress tolerance literature.
- Teresa M. Leyro, Michael J. Zvolensky, Amit Bernstein
- 2010
Distress tolerance is an emerging construct in psychology that has been conceptualized in several different ways. Broadly, however, it refers to an individual's "perceived capacity to withstand negative emotional and/or other aversive states (e.g. physical discomfort), and the behavioral act of withstanding distressing internal states elicited ...
In this chapter we examine distress tolerance from a modern behavioral perspective, and introduce the concept of "distress overtolerance." First, we briefly define what we mean by modern behaviorism.
The Distress Tolerance Scale (DTS; Simons & Gaher, 2005) is a 15-item measure of ability to tolerate distress. The DTS is the most general of the available self-report measures in its use of the terms “distress” and “upset” instead of a specific distressing state (e.g., frustration).
