scholarly journals 0248 Does Attentional Control Relate to Sleep Disruption and Repetitive Negative Thinking?

SLEEP ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 43 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. A95-A95
Author(s):  
C Acenowr ◽  
M Coles ◽  
E Stewart
Keyword(s):  
Attentional Control ◽  
Attentional Focus ◽  
Sleep Disruption ◽  
Repetitive Negative Thinking ◽  
Control Scale ◽  
Attentional Shift ◽  
Negative Thinking ◽  
One Step ◽  
Perseverative Thinking ◽  
The Relationship

Abstract Introduction Insomnia is associated with increased repetitive negative thinking (RNT) and poor attentional control. There is increasing interest in the relevance of these processes for psychopathology. For example, Cox, Cole, Kramer and Olatunji (2018) proposed that focusing and shifting in attentional control may help explain the link between sleep disturbance and RNT. In support, attentional focus was found to be significant in the relationship between insomnia and RNT. As this study looked at disorder-specific measures of RNT and only insomnia, the current study aimed to replicate and extend the findings by also examining circadian sleep disruption and transdiagnostic RNT. Methods The current study included 127 participants. Sleep disruption was assessed by the SLEEP-50 (Spoormaker, Verbeek, van den Bout & Klip, 2005). This measure provides several subscale scores, including disruption in circadian rhythms and insomnia. The Attentional Control Scale (Derryberry & Reed, 2002) is a measure of attentional focus and shifting which was also utilized. Lastly, the Perseverative Thinking Questionnaire (Ehring et al., 2011) is a widely used transdiagnostic measure of RNT. Results Pearson’s Correlations indicated that both insomnia and circadian disruptions were significantly associated with RNT (insomnia, r=.27; circadian, r=.24). Mirroring the results of Cox, Cole, Kramer and Olatunji, attentional focus was significant (insomnia, r=-.29; circadian, r=-.28), whereas attentional shift was not (insomnia, r=.02; circadian, r=.06). Conclusion The connection between sleep disruption and factors that contribute to psychopathology needs to be better understood. This study differentiates types of attention and their relation to insomnia and circadian sleep disruption, and RNT. If attentional focus can link sleep disruption and RNT, clinicians can move one step closer to understanding the development of risk factors that may jeopardize an individual. Support n/a

scholarly journals Attentional control and its relationship to the accuracy of some types of basketball shooting for Iraqi youth club’s players

2021 ◽  
Vol 20 (4) ◽  
pp. 0085
Author(s):  
علياء محمد علي ◽  
Dr. Intisar Uaid
Keyword(s):  
Attentional Control ◽  
Attentional Focus ◽  
Basketball Players ◽  
Control Scale ◽  
Attentional Shift ◽  
Premier League ◽  
Mental Abilities ◽  
High Level ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Basketball Shooting

The importance of this study is reflected in the fact that it is an attempt to identify attentional control and its relationship to the accuracy of some types of basketball shooting for youth players for Iraqi Premier League clubs for youth for the season (2020-2021). The problem of the research is to identify the level of some mental abilities, including attentional control, represented by attentional focus, attentional shift and attentional flexibility and their relationship to the accuracy of some types of basketball shooting for the Iraqi players of youth clubs. The study aimed to identify the relationship between attentional control and the accuracy of the performance of some types of basketball shooting for youth basketball players for the 2020-2021 season. The two researchers adopted the descriptive curriculum in a survey style and correlational relationships. The research community was determined by the Iraqi youth basketball players, who numbered (160) out of (16) clubs and these clubs are (Al-Amarah, Dijlah, Dhi Qar, Samawah, Al-Kut, Al-Sharqiya, Nasiriyah, Baghdad, Al-Mina, Al-Karkh, Al-Ittihad, Al-Naft, Adhamiya, Al-Shurta, Al-Tadamon, Naft Al-Janoub) and then a sample of (50) players selected in a random way and they are club players of (Al-Amarah, Baghdad, Al-Karkh, Al-Naft, Al-Adhamiya) and they were tested on the attentional control scale and after processing the results, it was found that some of the young basketball players have a high level of attentional control and the accuracy of performing some types of shooting in youth basketball. Therefore, the two researchers recommend the necessity of paying attention to mental processes, including (attentional focus, attentional shift, attentional flexibility), as well as adopting the attentional control scale as tools to identify the level of some of the mental abilities that players possess

Trait attentional control influences the relationship between repetitive negative thinking and psychopathology symptoms

2016 ◽  
Vol 238 ◽  
pp. 277-283 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adam C. Mills ◽  
DeMond M. Grant ◽  
Matt R. Judah ◽  
Evan J. White ◽  
Danielle L. Taylor ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Attentional Control ◽  
Repetitive Negative Thinking ◽  
Negative Thinking ◽  
Psychopathology Symptoms ◽  
The Relationship

Repetitive Negative Thinking, Temperament, and Adverse Impact in Adults Who Stutter

2020 ◽  
Vol 29 (1) ◽  
pp. 201-215 ◽  
Author(s):  
Seth Tichenor ◽  
J. Scott Yaruss
Keyword(s):  
Effortful Control ◽  
Potential Role ◽  
Adverse Impact ◽  
Tailored Intervention ◽  
Repetitive Negative Thinking ◽  
Negative Thinking ◽  
Adults Who Stutter ◽  
Perseverative Thinking ◽  
The Relationship

Purpose Prior research has explored how repetitive negative thinking (RNT) contributes to both the increased persistence and severity of various disorders, such as depression, anxiety, and eating disorders. This study explored the potential role of RNT in the experience of stuttering, with a particular focus on the relationship between RNT, adverse impact, and certain temperament profiles. Method Three hundred thirteen adults who stutter completed a measurement of the frequency/severity of RNT (Perseverative Thinking Questionnaire; Ehring et al., 2011 ), 207 completed a temperament profile (Adult Temperament Questionnaire; Evans & Rothbart, 2007 ), and 205 completed a measurement of adverse stuttering impact (Overall Assessment of the Speaker's Experience of Stuttering; Yaruss & Quesal, 2016 ). Analyses were conducted within and across instruments to ascertain how RNT, temperament markers, and adverse impact interrelate within individuals. Results Results indicated that RNT significantly predicts Overall Assessment of the Speaker's Experience of Stuttering impact scores with great effect and that certain temperament markers (specifically, Effortful Control and Negative Affectivity) moderate this relationship for specific sections of the Overall Assessment of the Speaker's Experience of Stuttering. Conclusion By assessing RNT in people who stutter, clinicians can better understand individual differences in their clients, and this will allow them to make targeted diagnoses and develop more tailored intervention plans.

A Novel Measure of Real-Time Perseverative Thought

2021 ◽  
pp. 216770262110380
Author(s):  
Elizabeth C. Wade ◽  
Rivka T. Cohen ◽  
Paddy Loftus ◽  
Ayelet Meron Ruscio
Keyword(s):  
Clinical Status ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Repetitive Negative Thinking ◽  
Negative Thinking ◽  
New Methods ◽  
Temporal Process ◽  
Stimulus Valence ◽  
Ambiguous Stimuli ◽  
Perseverative Thinking ◽  
Positive Stimuli

Perseverative thinking (PT), or repetitive negative thinking, has historically been measured using global self-report scales. New methods of assessment are needed to advance understanding of this inherently temporal process. We developed an intensive longitudinal method for assessing PT. A mixed sample of 77 individuals ranging widely in trait PT, including persons with PT-related disorders (generalized anxiety disorder, major depression) and persons without psychopathology, used a joystick to provide continuous ratings of thought valence and intensity following exposure to scenarios of differing valence. Joystick responses were robustly predicted by trait PT, clinical status, and stimulus valence. Higher trait perseverators exhibited more extreme joystick values overall, greater stability in values following threatening and ambiguous stimuli, weaker stability in values following positive stimuli, and greater inertia in values following ambiguous stimuli. The joystick method is a promising measure with the potential to shed new light on the dynamics and precipitants of perseverative thinking.

scholarly journals Validation of the Child-version of the Perseverative Thinking Questionnaire of repetitive negative thinking in young people with diagnosed depressive and anxiety disorders

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Caitlin Hitchcock ◽  
Renee Brown ◽  
Vanessa E. Cobham
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Young People ◽  
Convergent Validity ◽  
Depressive Disorders ◽  
Factor Model ◽  
Clinical Samples ◽  
Repetitive Negative Thinking ◽  
Confirmatory Factor Analyses ◽  
Negative Thinking ◽  
Perseverative Thinking

This paper sought to provide the first validation of a transdiagnostic measure of repetitive negative thinking – the Perseverative Thinking Questionnaire- Child version (PTQ-C) – in young people diagnosed with anxiety and depressive disorders. Participants (N=114) were 11-17 year-olds with complex and comorbid presentations seeking treatment through Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services. Confirmatory factor analyses best supported a three-factor model for the PTQ-C, however, hypotheses of both perfect and close fit were rejected. Results demonstrated good internal consistency, convergent validity and divergent validity for the three PTQ-S subscales; core characteristics, perceived unproductiveness and consumed mental capacity of negative repetitive thinking. PTQ-C scores did not account for additional variance in anxiety symptoms once worry was considered, indicating that retention of a content specific measure may be warranted in clinical samples. Findings suggest that PTQ-C subscales not total scores should be used with clinical samples, and emphasise the importance of validating clinically relevant measures which were developed with subclinical populations in samples with diagnosed mental health disorders.

Attentional focus moderates the relationship between attention to threat bias and delusion-like experiences in healthy adults

2017 ◽  
Vol 39 ◽  
pp. 27-32 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. Prochwicz ◽  
J. Kłosowska
Keyword(s):  
Attentional Control ◽  
Cognitive Biases ◽  
Attentional Focus ◽  
Healthy Adults ◽  
Focus Attention ◽  
Threat Bias ◽  
General Ability ◽  
Moderation Model ◽  
The Individual ◽  
The Relationship

AbstractBackgroundThe role of cognitive biases in delusion and delusion-like experiences has been widely investigated in recent years. However, little is known about individual differences, which may influence association between cognitive biases and formation of delusional beliefs. The aim of this study was to examine the moderating effect of self-reported attentional control on the relationship between attention to threat bias (ATB) and delusion-like experiences (DLEs) in healthy adults.MethodsParticipants (n = 138) completed the Davos Assessment of the Cognitive Biases Scale (DACOBS), the Attentional Control Scale (ACS) and the Peters et al. Delusions Inventory (PDI). The moderation analysis was performed to check the influence of different components of attentional control (i.e. general ability to allocate attention, focusing, shifting and divide attention) on the interplay between ATB and DLEs.ResultsThe results supported the moderation model. Specifically, we found that a higher level of ability to focus attention is associated with a stronger effect of attention to threat bias on the overall frequency of DLEs. Our results indicate that ATB contributes to the number of DLEs only in individuals with high and moderate capacity to focus attention, whereas in those who scored low on the ACS focusing attention subscale, the presence of attentional bias does not influence the frequency of DLEs.ConclusionsOur findings show that the individual difference variable, such as ability to voluntarily focus attention, may moderate the relationship between attention to threat bias and delusion-like experiences in healthy adults.

scholarly journals Putative Brain Networks Underlying Repetitive Negative Thinking and Comorbid Internalizing Problems in Autism

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 522-536 ◽  
Author(s):  
Catherine A. Burrows ◽  
Kiara R. Timpano ◽  
Lucina Q. Uddin
Keyword(s):  
Internalizing Problems ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Cognitive Vulnerability ◽  
Brain Networks ◽  
Autism Spectrum ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Repetitive Negative Thinking ◽  
Negative Thinking ◽  
Increase Risk ◽  
The Relationship

Many high-functioning individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) also experience depression and anxiety, yet little is known about mechanisms underlying this comorbidity. Repetitive negative thinking (RNT) about self-referential information is a transdiagnostic cognitive vulnerability factor that may account for the relationship between these two classes of symptoms. We propose a model where negative self-referential processing and cognitive inflexibility interact to increase risk for RNT, leading to internalizing problems in ASD. Examination of interactions within and between two well-characterized large-scale brain networks, the default mode network and the salience network, may provide insights into neurobiological mechanisms underlying RNT in ASD. We summarize previous literature supporting this model, emphasizing moving toward understanding RNT as a factor accounting for the high rates of internalizing problems in ASD. Future research avenues include understanding heterogeneity in clinical presentation and treating cognitive flexibility and RNT to reduce comorbid internalizing problems in ASD.

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