Intolerance of Uncertainty as a Mediator between Psychological Flexibility and Future Anxiety among Vocational High School Students

Abstract

This study explores the relationship between psychological flexibility and future anxiety mediated by intolerance of uncertainty in students of SMK PGRI 3 Malang. The future is an uncertain situation so that it can raise future anxiety if an individual does not have psychological flexibility and perceptual ability and responds to uncertain situations well. The research subjects were students of class XII SMK PGRI 3 Malang with a sample of 170 students (126 boys and 44 girls). The results of this study indicate that there is a significant negative relationship between psychological flexibility with future anxiety, there is a positive and significant relationship between psychological flexibility with intolerance of uncertainty, there is a positive relationship between intolerance of uncertainty and future anxiety, and there is a negative relationship indirectly between psychological flexibility and future anxiety through intolerance of uncertainty.