Repetitive Negative Thinking Explains the Relationship Between Perceived Attentional Control and Generalized Anxiety Symptoms

Bartholomay, Emily M.; Stone, Bryant M.; Koran, Jennifer; Björgvinsson, Thröstur; Kertz, Sarah J.

doi:10.1007/s10862-022-09997-1

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“…The present findings support and extend findings from prior empirical work investigating the relationship between perseverative thought and difficulty concentrating. Consistent with prior work showing a positive association between perseverative thought and difficulty concentrating at the between-person level (e.g., Armstrong et al, 2011;Bartholomay et al, 2023;Mills et al, 2016), our findings suggest that these relationships unfold on a moment-to-moment level within person, in daily life. Our findings are also consistent with prior experimental and longitudinal work, including studies suggesting that cognitive control predicts perseverative thought (Yaroslavsky et al, 2019;Demeyer et al, 2012;Fox et al, 2015) and vice versa (Stefanopoulou et al, 2014;Donaldson et al, 2007).…”

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“…Difficulty concentrating also explains unique variance in the relationship between GAD symptoms and clinical severity (Hallion et al, 2018). Self-reported attentional control deficits are also related to perseverative thought and GAD symptoms in non-clinical samples, including undergraduate students (Bartholomay et al, 2023). Attentional control also shows specific associations with rumination (Hsu et al, 2015) and symptoms of anxiety and depression (Mills et al, 2016).…”

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A Temporal Investigation of the Relationship Between Difficulty Concentrating and Perseverative Thought

DeGennaro,

Blendermann,

Alberts

et al. 2024

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Perseverative thought (also known as repetitive thought), an established transdiagnostic mechanism for the development of psychopathology, is characterized primarily by its repetitive, difficult to control quality. Cognitive control deficits, particularly subjective difficulty concentrating, are commonly reported by individuals high in perseverative thought. These deficits may function as both a mechanism and a clinical consequence of perseverative thought. Although cognitive theories suggest a bidirectional relationship between perseverative thought and difficulty concentrating, experimental and longitudinal investigations provide mixed evidence regarding directionality. The current study thus addresses this gap by examining the temporal dynamics between perseverative thought and difficulty concentrating using an ecological momentary assessment (EMA) design. Adult community participants (N = 95) reported their momentary severity of perseverative thought and difficulty concentrating 8 times a day for 14 days. Multilevel modeling with signals nested within subjects tested concurrent and time-lagged associations. Difficulty concentrating and perseverative thought were concurrently associated within-person. Difficulty concentrating at time T-1 predicted higher perseverative thought within-person at time T, and perseverative thought at time T-1 predicted higher difficulty concentrating within-person at time T. Findings held when controlling for the outcome at time T-1. These findings affirm and extend prior between-person research by establishing covariation between difficulty concentrating and perseverative thought within-person in daily life. Findings further support theoretical models predicting these relationships as bidirectional. Directions for future research include probing causality via momentary experimental approaches and exploring the potential for clinical translation via just-in-time adaptive interventions.

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A Temporal Investigation of the Relationship Between Difficulty Concentrating and Perseverative Thought

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Alberts

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“…Defects in the cognitive control of this group of patients can indicate common mechanisms in the development and continuation of emotional disorders (Zainal & Newman, 2022). This dysfunction in cognitive control can make a person more vulnerable to repetitive thoughts of rumination and worry (Bartholomay et al, 2022).…”

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Investigating Cognitive Control and Repetitive Thinking in Clinical Groups With Major Depressive Disorder and Generalized Anxiety Disorder

Vosoughi Motlagh,

Mohammadi,

Taghavi

et al. 2023

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Objective: Some theories state that a deficiency in cognitive control makes people more vulnerable to the occurrence of repetitive negative thoughts. The present study is aimed to investigate the association between cognitive control and repetitive thinking in major depressive disorder (MDD) and generalized anxiety disorder (GAD). Methods: Thirty people with major depressive disorder and 30 people with generalized anxiety disorder were selected by purposive sampling method from counseling and psychiatry centers in Shiraz City. Then, the Stroop and Wisconsin tests were performed and the questionnaires on rumination, worry, depression, and anxiety were completed. The obtained results were analyzed by Pearson’s correlation coefficient and multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA). Results: The results showed that there was a negative and significant relationship between cognitive control and rumination in the depression group and worry in the generalized anxiety group. The level of cognitive control, rumination, and worry was not significantly different in cases with major depressive disorder and generalized anxiety disorder. Conclusion: Based on the results of this study, reducing attention control is considered a risk factor for repetitive thinking, including rumination and worry. The lack of significant difference in cognitive control, rumination, and worry can indicate common unified transdiagnostic components in these disorders.

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“…First, for an intervention to qualify as a PPI, it must demonstrate efficacy in at least one experiment and have a strong theoretical basis for its effects [18,24]. Second, PPIs must use a positive variable (e.g., savoring, empathy, or gratitude) [25] instead of targeting only negative variables (e.g., negative automatic thoughts) [26]. Third, the change in the positive variables must cause a positive change in a population of interest.…”

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Integrating Positive Psychology into Substance Use Treatments

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2023

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Positive psychology is a rapidly expanding and recent empirical. interdisciplinary research topic (i.e., within the last 25 years). Early evidence supported that targeting positive variables (i.e., empathy or kindness) has numerous benefits, including improving health outcomes, vocational success, psychological well-being, and interpersonal connectedness. Positive Psychological Interventions (PPIs) are activities and behavioral interventions that target positive variables to promote adaptive functioning (e.g., reducing depression or promoting psychological well-being). PPIs may make excellent contributions to treating substance use, substance use disorders (SUDs), and substance use problems because the interventions can partially shift the notable negative treatment focus (e.g., avoiding the consequences of using) onto positive aspects (e.g., pursuing an ideal future). Current substance use treatment outcomes demonstrate a need for improvements (e.g., low abstinence rates and lifetime symptom remission of SUDs), and positive psychology may provide a framework for improving existing treatments. In the current paper, the author reviewed research supporting the use of PPIs in substance use treatments, provide suggestions for PPI applications, examine advantages and practical issues, outline the current limitations, and provide future directions for continuing this line of work. The author aimed to encourage researchers to advance substance use treatment improvements with positive psychology because the growing consequences from substance use (e.g., the growing frequency of accidental fatal overdose) and the variable, limited treatment outcomes, placing those who use substances in a uniquely vulnerable position.

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Repetitive Negative Thinking Explains the Relationship Between Perceived Attentional Control and Generalized Anxiety Symptoms

Cited by 4 publications

References 45 publications

A Temporal Investigation of the Relationship Between Difficulty Concentrating and Perseverative Thought

A Temporal Investigation of the Relationship Between Difficulty Concentrating and Perseverative Thought

Investigating Cognitive Control and Repetitive Thinking in Clinical Groups With Major Depressive Disorder and Generalized Anxiety Disorder

Integrating Positive Psychology into Substance Use Treatments

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