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Mood-as-input hypothesis and perseverative psychopathologies.

Frances Meeten¹, Graham C L Davey

¹School of Psychology, University of Sussex, Brighton, UK.

Clinical Psychology Review

|October 4, 2011

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The mood-as-input hypothesis explains task perseveration by suggesting that current mood influences task completion. Research supports this, showing mood impacts how individuals use stop rules, relevant for understanding various psychopathologies.

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Psychology
Cognitive Science
Psychopathology

Background:

Task perseveration is a common feature across various psychopathologies.
The mood-as-input hypothesis offers a theoretical framework for understanding perseveration.

Purpose of the Study:

To review 10 years of evidence on the mood-as-input hypothesis.
To assess the relevance of this hypothesis for perseveration in clinical populations.
To highlight the transdiagnostic potential and treatment implications of mood-as-input research.

Main Methods:

Review of laboratory-based analogue studies.
Analysis of evidence concerning mood-as-input processes and task perseveration.
Examination of characteristics in clinical populations relevant to mood-as-input.

Main Results:

The majority of reviewed research supports the mood-as-input hypothesis.
Evidence suggests clinical populations may possess traits facilitating mood-as-input-driven perseveration.
Concurrent mood influences task perseveration through interactions with individual stop rules.

Conclusions:

Mood-as-input processes are a viable transdiagnostic mechanism for perseveration.
Further research on mood-as-input in clinical populations is warranted due to its broad applicability.
This research has significant implications for the treatment of clinical perseveration.