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Gepubliceerd in: Cognitive Therapy and Research 4/2013

01-08-2013 | Original Article

Concreteness of Depressive Rumination and Trauma Recall in Individuals with Elevated Trait Rumination and/or Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms

Auteurs: Michelle Goldwin, Evelyn Behar, Nicholas Sibrava

Gepubliceerd in: Cognitive Therapy and Research | Uitgave 4/2013

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Abstract

The present study sought to compare the cognitive characteristics of depressive rumination and trauma recall in participants with high trait rumination and/or high levels of posttraumatic stress symptoms (PTSS), as well as in participants with normative levels of these variables. Specifically, we sought to compare the degree to which periods of depressive rumination and trauma recall were characterized by verbal-linguistic versus imagery-based activity and abstract versus concrete thought. We also explored whether these characteristics differed between participants with high trait rumination and/or high levels of PTSS, as well as participants with normative levels of trait rumination and PTSS. We found that for all participants, depressive rumination was characterized by increased verbal-linguistic activity, whereas trauma recall was characterized by increased imagery-based activity. We also found that individuals with both high trait rumination and high levels of PTSS evidenced lower levels of imagery-based activity during all repetitive thinking periods, as well as lower levels of concreteness during depressive rumination. Theoretical and clinical implications of these findings are discussed.
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Cutoff means and standard deviations were based on the scores from all of the participants who completed the screening measures during the first semester of data collection (n = 600; RI: M = 47.98, SD = 8.39; PCL: M = 37.64, SD = 13.92). The means for all of the participants who completed the screening measures the second semester of data collection (n = 403; RI: M = 48.66, SD = 8.17; PCL: M = 36.73, SD = 14.20) were not significantly different from the first semester means (RI: t[1001] = 1.27, p = .20; PCL: t[1001] = 1.01, p = .31).
 
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We initially ran a 4 (Group) x 3 (Induction) repeated measures ANOVA on “other” ratings to determine whether participants reported this type of mentation differentially across conditions. No significant main effects or interactions emerged. Due to the relatively low frequency of “other” ratings (ranging from 3.50% to 4.26%) and our inability to speculate regarding the type of cognitive activity participants were experiencing, we have omitted the “other” mentation ratings from subsequent analyses. These analyses are available from the first author upon request.
 
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Metagegevens
Titel
Concreteness of Depressive Rumination and Trauma Recall in Individuals with Elevated Trait Rumination and/or Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms
Auteurs
Michelle Goldwin
Evelyn Behar
Nicholas Sibrava
Publicatiedatum
01-08-2013
Uitgeverij
Springer US
Gepubliceerd in
Cognitive Therapy and Research / Uitgave 4/2013
Print ISSN: 0147-5916
Elektronisch ISSN: 1573-2819
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10608-012-9507-y

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