Why do People Overthink? A Longitudinal Investigation of a Meta-Cognitive Model and Uncontrollability of Rumination

2018 ◽  
Vol 46 (4) ◽  
pp. 504-509 ◽  
Author(s):  
Noboru Matsumoto ◽  
Satoshi Mochizuki
Keyword(s):  
Depressive Symptoms ◽  
Theoretical Model ◽  
Cognitive Therapy ◽  
Longitudinal Studies ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Cognitive Model ◽  
Causal Analysis ◽  
Longitudinal Investigation ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Lagged Effect

Background: The meta-cognitive model of rumination is a theoretical model regarding the relationship between rumination and depression. Although meta-cognitive therapy for rumination was established based on this model, insufficient longitudinal studies addressing this model have been conducted. Moreover, the uncontrollability of rumination, suggested to be driven by negative meta-beliefs about rumination, has not been examined using this meta-cognitive model. Aims: We longitudinally examined the meta-cognitive model and its relationship with uncontrollability of rumination and depressive symptoms. Method: Undergraduate students (n = 117) were asked to complete two measurements (with a 6-month gap between them) of positive and negative meta-beliefs about rumination, causal analysis, understanding, uncontrollability of rumination and depression. Results: Cross-lagged effect modelling revealed that positive meta-beliefs predicted high causal analytic rumination. However, the results did not support the causal analytic and understanding aspects of how rumination predicted negative meta-beliefs. Negative meta-beliefs predicted high depressive symptoms, and depressive symptoms predicted high negative meta-beliefs. Negative meta-beliefs predicted high uncontrollability of rumination, whereas uncontrollability of rumination did not predict depressive symptoms. Conclusions: The results partially supported the meta-cognitive model. The prediction of depressive symptoms on negative meta-beliefs suggests that depression-related cognition might be involved in increasing negative meta-beliefs, rather than the repetitive causal analytic and understanding aspects of rumination. In line with meta-cognitive therapy, negative meta-beliefs could be a target for treating depression.

Coping Style as a Mediator of the Relationship Between Depressive Symptoms and Deliberate Self-Harm

Crisis ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 32 (5) ◽  
pp. 272-279 ◽  
Author(s):  
Allison S. Christian ◽  
Kristen M. McCabe
Keyword(s):  
Depressive Symptoms ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Hierarchical Regression ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Deliberate Self Harm ◽  
Self Blame ◽  
Self Harm ◽  
The Relationship

Background: Deliberate self-harm (DSH) occurs with high frequency among clinical and nonclinical youth populations. Although depression has been consistently linked with the behavior, not all depressed individuals engage in DSH. Aims: The current study examined maladaptive coping strategies (i.e., self-blame, distancing, and self-isolation) as mediators between depression and DSH among undergraduate students. Methods: 202 students from undergraduate psychology courses at a private university in Southern California (77.7% women) completed anonymous self-report measures. Results: A hierarchical regression model found no differences in DSH history across demographic variables. Among coping variables, self-isolation alone was significantly related to DSH. A full meditational model was supported: Depressive symptoms were significantly related to DSH, but adding self-isolation to the model rendered the relationship nonsignificant. Limitations: The cross-sectional study design prevents determination of whether a casual relation exists between self-isolation and DSH, and obscures the direction of that relationship. Conclusions: Results suggest targeting self-isolation as a means of DSH prevention and intervention among nonclinical, youth populations.

scholarly journals Can brief mindfulness practice be of benefit? Evidence from an evaluation of group Person-based Cognitive Therapy for depression

2014 ◽  
Vol 7 ◽  
Author(s):  
Clara Strauss ◽  
Gemma Luke ◽  
Mark Hayward ◽  
Fergal Jones
Keyword(s):  
Depressive Symptoms ◽  
Cognitive Therapy ◽  
Thematic Analysis ◽  
Indirect Effects ◽  
Statistical Significance ◽  
Mindfulness Practice ◽  
Treatment As Usual ◽  
Letting Go ◽  
Mindfulness Practices ◽  
The Relationship

AbstractMindfulness-based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) was not intended for current depression, and lengthy mindfulness practices (≥30 min) can be challenging. Person-based cognitive therapy (PBCT) includes brief mindfulness practices (<10 min). While group PBCT can improve depressive symptoms whether benefits can be attributed to the brief practices is unclear. Twenty-eight participants with chronic major depression were randomly assigned to PBCT (n = 14) or treatment as usual (n = 14). Measures of mindfulness and depression were taken. Six PBCT participants were interviewed. Improvements in mindfulness in mediating the relationship between group and improvements in depressive symptoms just failed to reach statistical significance (95% confidence interval −0.97 to 14.84). Thematic analysis identified four themes: ‘altered relationship to symptoms’, ‘impact on self’, ‘the challenge of letting go’ and ‘effect of the group’. Although bootstrapped indirect effects were in the hypothesized direction they failed to reach statistical significance; this could be due to low power, but further research is needed. Qualitative themes support the potential of brief mindfulness practices and are similar to themes identified of mindfulness-based interventions with lengthier mindfulness practices. Findings suggest that some people experiencing current depression report benefit from the brief mindfulness practices included in PBCT but further research in larger samples is now needed.

Romantic Acts and Depression

2000 ◽  
Vol 86 (1) ◽  
pp. 260-262 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Maltby ◽  
Liza Day
Keyword(s):  
Depressive Symptoms ◽  
Beck Depression Inventory ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
General Health ◽  
General Health Questionnaire ◽  
Depression Symptoms ◽  
Health Questionnaire ◽  
The Relationship

The aim of the present study was to provide an examination of the relationship between the importance individuals attach to romantic acts and depressive symptoms. Among 140 male and 160 female English undergraduate students, the importance individuals attach to romantic acts is significantly negatively correlated with higher scores on the Beck Depression Inventory and the Depression symptoms subscale of the General Health Questionnaire among the men only.

scholarly journals PENGARUH MOTIVASI, KETERAMPILAN DAN PENGETAHUAN PEMASARAN TERHADAP PRODUKTIVITAS MASYARAKAT DI BANDUNG - INDONESIA

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 101-109
Author(s):  
Nani Dewi Sunengsih
Keyword(s):  
Instructional Design ◽  
Theoretical Model ◽  
Path Analysis ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Causal Analysis ◽  
Survey Method ◽  
Community Based ◽  
The People ◽  
Relationship Model ◽  
The Relationship

Abstract. The study aims to determine the effect of motivasioanl, skill and marketing knyowledge on produktiv. The study uses a survey method with causal analysis (path analysis). The sample consisted of 100 housewives by using simple randam sampling technique. The relationship model between variables formulated in the theoretical model using Analysis of Variance (ANOVA). The results showed that variations of the productivity of the people were directly affected positively by variations of motivation, skills, and marketing knowledge. Variations of marketing knowledge are directly affected positively by variations of motivation and skills. Therefore, to increase community productivity can be done by increasing marketing knowledge, motivation, and skills. This can be done by enhancement program through community-based instructional design.    

Brooding Concurrently and Prospectively Links Trait Positive and Negative Affect to Depressive Symptoms

2019 ◽  
Vol 40 (8) ◽  
pp. 1121-1141
Author(s):  
Tara M. Rutter ◽  
Jordan Skalisky ◽  
Hailey Caudle ◽  
Jaclyn T. Aldrich ◽  
Amy H. Mezulis
Keyword(s):  
Depressive Symptoms ◽  
Negative Affect ◽  
Cognitive Model ◽  
Recent Theory ◽  
Positive And Negative Affect ◽  
Cognitive Emotion Regulation ◽  
Trait Affect ◽  
Adolescent Depressive Symptoms ◽  
The Relationship

Recent theory and evidence support an integrated affective-cognitive model of adolescent depressive symptoms in which temperament predicts the use of maladaptive cognitive emotion regulation (ER) strategies which, in turn, predict depressive symptoms. We concurrently and prospectively investigated whether two cognitive ER strategies (dampening and brooding) mediated the effect of trait positive and negative affect on adolescent depressive symptoms. Young adolescents (11-14 years old) completed questionnaires at baseline ( N = 150) and at a 4-month follow-up ( N = 126). Findings indicate brooding mediated the relationship between both positive and negative affect and depressive symptoms, both cross-sectionally and prospectively. Dampening yielded inconsistent results. This suggests brooding may be a unique mechanism from trait affect to depressive symptoms in late childhood to early adolescence.

Examining How Testosterone and Cortisol Influence the Relationship Between Strain, Negative Emotions, and Antisocial Behavior: A Gendered Analysis

2020 ◽  
Vol 66 (10) ◽  
pp. 1470-1501
Author(s):  
Eric M. Cooke ◽  
Eric J. Connolly ◽  
Danielle L. Boisvert ◽  
Todd A. Armstrong ◽  
Richard H. Lewis ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Depressive Symptoms ◽  
Drug Use ◽  
Antisocial Behavior ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
General Strain Theory ◽  
Negative Emotions ◽  
Strain Theory ◽  
Cortisol Reactivity ◽  
General Strain ◽  
The Relationship

This study provides a test of General Strain Theory by examining the relations between strain, negative emotions, and biological hormones in the prediction of antisocial behavior across gender. Findings from a diverse sample of 512 undergraduate students reveal that strain and the ratio between testosterone to cortisol reactivity are associated with higher levels of antisocial behavior in males, but not females. In contrast, the effect of depressive symptoms on antisocial behavior is stronger at higher levels of strain and ratio of testosterone to cortisol reactivity in females. Drug use and depressive symptoms were found to partly mediate the association between strain and antisocial behavior in females, but not males.

The Longitudinal Association Between Social-Media Use and Depressive Symptoms Among Adolescents and Young Adults: An Empirical Reply to Twenge et al. (2018)

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 462-470 ◽  
Author(s):  
Taylor Heffer ◽  
Marie Good ◽  
Owen Daly ◽  
Elliott MacDonell ◽  
Teena Willoughby
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Depressive Symptoms ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Media Use ◽  
Social Media Use ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Two Samples ◽  
Longitudinal Association ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Over Time

Research by Twenge, Joiner, Rogers, and Martin has indicated that there may be an association between social-media use and depressive symptoms among adolescents. However, because of the cross-sectional nature of this work, the relationship among these variables over time remains unclear. Thus, in this longitudinal study we examined the associations between social-media use and depressive symptoms over time using two samples: 594 adolescents ( Mage = 12.21) who were surveyed annually for 2 years, and 1,132 undergraduate students ( Mage = 19.06) who were surveyed annually for 6 years. Results indicate that among both samples, social-media use did not predict depressive symptoms over time for males or females. However, greater depressive symptoms predicted more frequent social-media use only among adolescent girls. Thus, while it is often assumed that social-media use may lead to depressive symptoms, our results indicate that this assumption may be unwarranted.

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