The form and function of depressive rumination

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Result on the web

<a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1090513816302793" target="_blank" >https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1090513816302793</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2018.01.005" target="_blank" >10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2018.01.005</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

The form and function of depressive rumination

Original language description

Rumination is a symptom of depression that refers to intense, distraction-resistant thinking. Although rumination is widely considered maladaptive, the analytical rumination hypothesis (ARH) proposes that rumination is an adaptive cognitive process where depression first promotes rumination on the causes of problems (&quot;causal analysis&quot;), which in turn promotes rumination on solving problems (&quot;problem-solving analysis&quot;). Effective problem-solving then feeds back to reduce depressive symptoms. To test this cyclical model, a scale with both problem-solving and causal analysis components is required. There are two candidates: (1) the widely used Ruminative Responses Scale (RRS); and (2) the Analytical Rumination Questionnaire (ARQ)-a new scale based on the ARH. These instruments were administered to five samples (Total N = 1414) from two different cultures (Canada, Czech Republic) with different clinical statuses (nonclinical, hospitalized). Latent factor analysis of the ARQ supported the existence of both causal analysis and problem-solving analysis factors, making it suitable for testing ARH predictions. Using the ARQ, we found consistent support for the predicted covariance pattern between depression, causal analysis, and problem-solving analysis. However, we found no evidence that either of the RRS factors were related to problem-solving. Moreover, we were systematically unable to detect the predicted covariance pattern between depression and the RRS factors. We conclude that the ability to detect functional relationships between depression and rumination requires the researcher to consider both function (a correct hypothesis for how rumination and depression are adaptively related to each other) and form (valid measures of those constructs). Understanding rumination as a two-stage problem-solving process may help explain why most depressive episodes eventually resolve without treatment.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

50101 - Psychology (including human - machine relations)

Project

<a href="/en/project/GA17-09489S" target="_blank" >GA17-09489S: Analytical rumination hypothesis testing: depression as a functional adaptation</a><br>

Continuities

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Publication year

2018

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Evolution and Human Behavior

ISSN

1090-5138

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

39

Issue of the periodical within the volume

3

Country of publishing house

US - UNITED STATES

Number of pages

13

Pages from-to

277-289

UT code for WoS article

000434492700003

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85044649161