Despite high comorbidity between depressive and somatic symptoms, cognitive mechanisms that transmit vulnerability between symptom clusters are largely unknown. Dampening, positive rumination, and brooding are three cognitive predictors of depression, with rumination theoretically indicated as a transdiagnostic vulnerability through amplifying and diminishing affect in response to events. Speci...

OBJECTIVE To examine the effects of self-reported attentional bias on posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms and posttraumatic growth (PTG) through the potential mediator of cancer-related rumination. DESIGN A cross-sectional survey design was used and women with breast cancer (N=170) were recruited. MEASURES Attentional biases, cancer-related ruminations, PTSD symptoms, and PTG were...

Low trait positive affect represents an affective vulnerability to depression, but little research has examined mechanisms linking low trait positive affect to depressive symptoms. The current study investigated whether the cognitive strategies of dampening and positive rumination mediated the prospective association between low trait positive affect and depressive symptoms. Participants were 2...

Studies focusing on strategies for the cognitive regulation of emotions are gaining importance due to development and perpetuation psychopathologies. The obligatory home confinement imposed in response COVID-19 pandemic has led new virtual learning methodologies. Objective: Our objective aimed analyze compare emotional students from universities Spanish mainland with that attending Universidad ...

Theoretical models and qualitative research suggest that dissociation can be functional in some circumstances, despite being a cause of concern for many. This is the first study evaluates novel questionnaire on positive appraisals (the Positive Beliefs about Dissociation Questionnaire; PBD-Q), its link with frequency related distress. Development items was based lived experience expertise withi...

Depression is a disease that affects more women than men. One explanation why women are more frequently diagnosed with depression is that they cope with problems differently than men do. One such coping style, co-rumination, is the process of repeatedly talking about one’s problems without resolving them. While co-rumination is positively related to the quality of the friendship, it also correl...

OBJECTIVE To characterize smoking beliefs among Thai and Malaysian youth and to examine associations with gender, antismoking media exposure, and smoking status. METHODS Nationally representative samples of youth completed self-administered questionnaires. RESULTS A substantial proportion of youth reported positive beliefs about smoking. Those reporting positive beliefs were more likely to ...

Co-ruminating, or excessively discussing problems, with friends is proposed to have adjustment tradeoffs. Co-rumination is hypothesized to contribute both to positive friendship adjustment and to problematic emotional adjustment. Previous single-assessment research was consistent with this hypothesis, but whether co-rumination is an antecedent of adjustment changes was unknown. A 6-month longit...