A Multidimensional Structure for Repetitive Thought: What's on Your Mind, and How, and How Much?

Segerstrom, Suzanne C.; Stanton, Annette L.; Alden, Lynn E.; Shortridge, Brenna E.

doi:10.1037/0022-3514.85.5.909

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“…These findings are further supported by the results of prior studies conducted separately on worry and rumination. For example, Segerstrom, Stanton, Alden, & Shortridge (2003) found that negative affectivity is generated by negative thinking of any type; Chelminski & Zimmerman (2003) found that worry occurs in depression; and Nolen-Hoeksema (2000) found that rumination predicts the onset of anxiety. These findings suggest a shared component to these forms of repetitive thinking and a considerable research base supports this showing that anxiety and depression are frequently comorbid (Brown & Barlow, 1992;Brown, Campbell, Lehman, Grisham, & Mancill, 2001;Kessler et al, 1994;Kessler, Sonnega, Bromet, Hughes, & Nelson, 1995;Kessler et al, 1998).…”

Section: The Link Between Rumination and Worrymentioning

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Assessing treatments used to reduce rumination and/or worry: A systematic review

Querstret

Cropley

2013

Clinical Psychology Review

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Perseverative cognitions such as rumination and worry are key components of mental illnesses such as depression and anxiety. Given the frequent comorbidity of conditions in which rumination and worry are present, it is possible they are underpinned by the same cognitive process. Furthermore, rumination and worry appear to be part of a causal chain that can lead to long-term health consequences, including cardiovascular disease and other chronic conditions. It is important therefore to understand what interventions may be useful in reducing their incidence. This systematic review aimed to assess treatments used to reduce worry and/or rumination. As we were interested in understanding the current treatment landscape, we limited our search from 2002-2012. Nineteen studies were included in the review and were assessed for methodological quality and treatment integrity. Results suggested that mindfulness-based and cognitive behavioural interventions may be effective in the reduction of both rumination and worry; with both Internet-delivered and face-to-face delivered formats useful. More broadly, it appears that treatments in which participants are encouraged to change their thinking style, or to disengage from emotional response to rumination and/or worry (e.g., through mindful techniques), could be helpful. Implications for treatment and avenues for future research are discussed.

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Section: The Link Between Rumination and Worrymentioning

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Assessing treatments used to reduce rumination and/or worry: A systematic review

Querstret

Cropley

2013

Clinical Psychology Review

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“…If ideation is a form of repetitive thinking that is linguistic (see Segerstrom, Stanton, Alden, & Shortridge, 2003), like rumination, a tendency to ruminate in the form of brooding on one's negative mood might increase vulnerability to having thoughts about suicide. In addition, past research suggests that rumination is characterized by an inflexible and perseverative cognitive style (Davis & Nolen-Hoeksema, 2000;Watkins & Brown, 2002) that can interfere with effective problem-solving (Lyubomirsky & Nolen-Hoeksema, 1995;Watkins & Baracaia, 2002) and mood regulation, deficits which are known to be associated with suicidality (e.g., Howat & Davidson, 2002;Williams, Barnhofer, Crane, & Beck, 2005;Zlotnick, Donaldson, Spirito, & Pearlstein, 1997).…”

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Brooding and reflection: Rumination predicts suicidal ideation at 1-year follow-up in a community sample

Miranda

Nolen–Hoeksema

2007

Behaviour Research and Therapy

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The cognitive processes underlying suicidal thinking and behavior are not well-understood. The present study examined brooding and reflection, two dimensions of rumination, as predictors of suicidal ideation among a community sample of 1,134 adults. Participants completed self-report measures of rumination and depression, and a semi-structured clinical interview that included an assessment of suicidal ideation, at baseline and one-year follow up. Brooding was more strongly related to degree of ideation at baseline than was reflection. However, both brooding and reflection predicted whether an individual thought about suicide at one-year follow up, even after adjusting for baseline suicidal ideation. Symptoms of depression mediated the relationship between brooding and ideation but not between reflection and ideation. Implications for the nature of thought processes that result in suicidal thinking are discussed.

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“…Greenberg & Pyszczynski, 1986;Robinson & Alloy, 2003). Depressed and neurotic individuals, as well as those displaying generalized, social, and test anxiety, score higher on measures of self-consciousness and self-focused attention (see Ingram, 1990;Musson & Alloy, 1988;Pyszczynski & Greenberg, 1987, for reviews), suggesting that high levels of thinking about the self are symptomatic of psychological disorder, not psychological health (for work on adaptive forms of self-focusing, see Segerstrom, Stanton, Alden, & Shortridge, 2003;Trapnell & Campbell, 1999).…”

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The cognitive and hedonic costs of dwelling on achievement-related negative experiences: Implications for enduring happiness and unhappiness.

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Boehm²,

Kasri³

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Increasing evidence suggests that multiple cognitive and motivational processes underlie individual differences in happiness (Lyubomirsky, 2001(Lyubomirsky, , 2008. One behavior that is associated with (un)happiness is self-reflection or dwelling. We hypothesized that unhappy individuals would be inclined to dwell about themselves, and that this behavior would have a variety of adverse consequences. Three studies tested the prediction that, unlike their happier peers, unhappy participants would be sensitive to unfavorable achievement feedback, likely to dwell about its implications and, hence, show impaired attention during important academic tasks. The results of Studies 1 and 2 showed that unhappy participants who had "failed" relative to peers subsequently displayed increased interfering thoughts; spent the most time performing a portion of the graduate record examination; and later demonstrated impaired reading comprehension. Study 3 experimentally induced versus inhibiting dwelling and found that the manipulation only impacted unhappy students. Implications of our results for the consequences of dwelling for work and social functioning, as well as for detracting from enduring happiness, are discussed.

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A Multidimensional Structure for Repetitive Thought: What's on Your Mind, and How, and How Much?

Cited by 349 publications

References 84 publications

Assessing treatments used to reduce rumination and/or worry: A systematic review

Assessing treatments used to reduce rumination and/or worry: A systematic review

Brooding and reflection: Rumination predicts suicidal ideation at 1-year follow-up in a community sample

The cognitive and hedonic costs of dwelling on achievement-related negative experiences: Implications for enduring happiness and unhappiness.

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