Depressive rumination and experiential avoidance: A task based exploration
Document Type
Article
Source of Publication
Personality and Mental Health
Publication Date
1-1-2015
Abstract
© 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. Depressive rumination has been conceptualized as being closely connected with experiential avoidance. Evidence supporting this hypothesis derives primarily from studies using self-report measures. The present study explores this idea using a task-based assessment of avoidance. College students (N=100) rated their emotional responses to 60 computer-presented images (positive, negative and neutral). Response times for the image-rating task were surreptitiously recorded, along with Ruminative Response Scale and Beck Depression Inventory II scores. Rumination was correlated with faster response times for negative, but not positive or neutral images. These findings are interpreted as lending support to the experiential avoidance conceptualization of rumination; however, consideration is also given to a potentially synergistic interpretation implicating heightened threat monitoring.
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Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Volume
9
Issue
1
First Page
58
Last Page
65
Disciplines
Medicine and Health Sciences
Keywords
adult, depression, emotion, female, human, male, psychology, sex difference, thinking, young adult, Adult, Depressive Disorder, Emotions, Female, Humans, Male, Sex Factors, Thinking, Young Adult
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Recommended Citation
Thomas, Justin; Raynor, Monique; and Ribott, David, "Depressive rumination and experiential avoidance: A task based exploration" (2015). All Works. 1191.
https://zuscholars.zu.ac.ae/works/1191
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yes
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no