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Characteristics Of Repetitive Thought Associated With Borderline Personality Features: A Multimodal Investigation Of Ruminative Content And Style, Jessica R. Peters, Tory A. Eisenlohr-Moul, Brian T. Upton, Nina A. Talavera, Jacob J. Folsom, Ruth A. Baer
Characteristics Of Repetitive Thought Associated With Borderline Personality Features: A Multimodal Investigation Of Ruminative Content And Style, Jessica R. Peters, Tory A. Eisenlohr-Moul, Brian T. Upton, Nina A. Talavera, Jacob J. Folsom, Ruth A. Baer
Psychology Faculty Publications
Increased ruminative style of thought has been well documented in borderline personality disorder (BPD); however, less is known about how the content of rumination relates to domains of BPD features. Relationships between forms of rumination and BPD features were examined in an undergraduate sample with a wide range of BPD features. Participants completed self-report measures of rumination and a free-writing task about their repetitive thought. Rumination on specific themes, including anger rumination, depressive brooding, rumination on interpersonal situations, anxious rumination, and stress-reactive rumination were significantly associated with most BPD features after controlling for general rumination. Coded writing samples suggested that …
Drinking To Cope With Depressive Symptoms And Ruminative Thinking: A Multiple Mediation Model Among College Students, Adrian J. Bravo, Matthew R. Pearson, James M. Henson
Drinking To Cope With Depressive Symptoms And Ruminative Thinking: A Multiple Mediation Model Among College Students, Adrian J. Bravo, Matthew R. Pearson, James M. Henson
Psychology Faculty Publications
Background: Understanding the potential psychosocial mechanisms that explain (i.e., mediate) the associations between depressive symptoms and alcohol-related problems can improve interventions targeting college students.
Objectives: The current research examined four distinct facets of rumination (e.g., problem-focused thoughts, counterfactual thinking, repetitive thoughts, and anticipatory thoughts) and drinking to cope motives as potential explanatory mechanisms by which depressive symptoms are associated with increased alcohol-related problems.
Method: Participants were undergraduate students from a large, southeastern university in the United States that consumed at least one drink per typical week in the previous month (n = 403). The majority of participants were female ( …