Relationships between stress appraisals and intolerance of uncertainty with psychological health during early COVID-19 in the USA.

Background And Objectives: The COVID-19 pandemic has caused increased psychological distress and decreased quality of life (QoL), but limited research has evaluated cognitive appraisals of COVID-19. This study aimed to examine the role of three stress appraisals of the COVID-19 pandemic - threat appraisal, harm/loss appraisal, and challenge appraisal - and the interaction between these appraisals and intolerance of uncertainty (IU) on psychological distress and QoL.

Design: This was a cross-sectional survey study using Amazon's Mechanical Turk.