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Uncertain world: How children's curiosity and intolerance of uncertainty relate to their behaviour and emotion under uncertainty
PsychologyQuarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology

Uncertain world: How children's curiosity and intolerance of uncertainty relate to their behaviour and emotion under uncertainty

Z. J. Ryan, H. F. Dodd, et al.

Children aged 8–12 played a button-clicking game to test how curiosity and intolerance of uncertainty (IU) relate to information seeking, emotion, worry, and facial affect. Results showed more information seeking under high uncertainty and that more curious children reported feeling happier, while IU was linked to checking-like seeking and age-related increases in worry. This research was conducted by Zoe J Ryan, Helen F Dodd, and Lily FitzGibbon.... show more
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