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05-02-2022

The Effect of Positive Rumination Training on Mental Health and Attentional Bias

Auteurs: Hongfei Yang, Yunxia Guan

Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment | Uitgave 2/2022

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Abstract

To examine the effect of positive rumination training on mental health and attentional bias, 32 college freshmen with low level of mental health were recruited and assigned to the experimental and waitlist control groups, 16 participants in each group. The experimental group received a 8-session group counseling with 2 h per session. Results showed that positive rumination increased while negative rumination, depression and anxiety decreased significantly for the experimental group. For the waitlist control group, all these indicators did not change significantly. The attention engagement in sad faces of the experimental group decreased significantly while other indicators of attentional bias did not change. The results indicate that group positive rumination training can improve mental health. But further research is needed to examine its effect on attentional bias.
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The mental health census of freshmen is one of the routine work of college students' mental health education in this college. All freshmen were required to complete a survey including SCL-90 online.
 
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The counselor is the 2nd author who has the national 2nd-class certificate of psychological counselor. She has been working as a professional counselor in the Psychological Counseling Center of the college for eight years.
 
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The counselor only used “class 1 and 2” in communication with participants.
 
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Metagegevens
Titel
The Effect of Positive Rumination Training on Mental Health and Attentional Bias
Auteurs
Hongfei Yang
Yunxia Guan
Publicatiedatum
05-02-2022
Uitgeverij
Springer US
Gepubliceerd in
Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment / Uitgave 2/2022
Print ISSN: 0882-2689
Elektronisch ISSN: 1573-3505
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10862-022-09959-7