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Multiple paths to rumination within a network analytical framework.

Gerly Tamm¹, Ernst H W Koster², Kristof Hoorelbeke²

¹Psychopathology and Affective Neuroscience Lab (PANlab), Department of Experimental Clinical and Health Psychology, Ghent University, Henri Dunantlaan 2, 9000, Gent, Belgium. gerly.tamm@ugent.be.

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Summary

This study identifies key psychological factors contributing to repetitive negative thinking, or rumination. Diminished effortful control, positive beliefs, and cognitive self-consciousness directly predict rumination pathways.

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Area of Science:

Psychology
Cognitive Science
Clinical Psychology

Background:

Rumination theories propose various psychological risk factors for repetitive negative thinking.
A comprehensive empirical assessment of these contributing factors is currently lacking.

Purpose of the Study:

To model the relationships between key self-regulatory and metacognitive constructs and ruminative thinking.
To empirically test influential frameworks of rumination.

Main Methods:

Utilized regularized partial correlation networks and directed acyclic graphs.
Analyzed data from 498 participants completing online questionnaires on rumination, metacognition, self-regulation, and depression.

Main Results:

Both self-regulatory and metacognitive factors were directly associated with rumination.
Identified diminished effortful control, positive beliefs, and cognitive self-consciousness as direct contributors to rumination pathways.

Conclusions:

This study comprehensively assesses metacognitive and self-regulatory frameworks of rumination using a data-driven approach.
Findings suggest multiple pathways to rumination, informing clinical conceptualization of rumination and related disorders.