Why do my thoughts feel so bad? Getting at the reciprocal effects of rumination and negative affect using dynamic structural equation modeling.

Autor/inn/en	Blanke, Elisabeth Sophie; Neubauer, Andreas B.; Houben, Marlies; Erbas, Yasemin; Brose, Annette
Titel	Why do my thoughts feel so bad? Getting at the reciprocal effects of rumination and negative affect using dynamic structural equation modeling.
Quelle	In: Emotion / American Psychological Association, 22 (2022) 8, S. 1773-1786 PDF als Volltext Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Beigaben	Illustrationen
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1931-1516
DOI	10.1037/emo0000946
Schlagwörter	Fragebogenerhebung; Strukturgleichungsmodell; Denken; Depression; Einstellung (Psy); Emotion; Kognitiver Prozess; Psyche; Stimmung (Psy); Belgien; Datenerfassung; Denken; Depression; Deutschland; Messung; Stress; Student; Psyche; Datenanalyse; Kognitiver Prozess; Tagesablauf; Wirkung; Dauer; Strukturgleichungsmodell; Stress; Datenanalyse; Datenerfassung; Messung; Messverfahren; Dauer; Tagesablauf; Wirkung; Student; Belgien; Deutschland
Abstract	Rumination means to perseveratively think about one's negative feelings and problems. It is a response to affective distress that is often referred to as maladaptive emotion regulation. According to the response styles theory and control theory, rumination may further prolong and exacerbate affective distress. This means that rumination can be viewed as both an antecedent and an outcome of negative affect (NA), and vice versa. However, at the level of short-term dynamics, state rumination and NA have previously mainly been examined as two separate outcomes. To model the reciprocal within-person effects and hence, to match theoretical assumptions, we combined the two interrelated time series in one model using dynamic structural equation modeling (DSEM). Both effects (NA on subsequent rumination and rumination on subsequent NA) were modeled simultaneously while acknowledging the autoregressive nature of both states (inert properties). We used data from two experience sampling studies (N Study 1 = 200 Belgian university students; N Study 2 = 70 German university students). Participants were paged on smartphones several times a day (Study 1: 10; Study 2: 6) for several days (Study 1: 7; Study 2: 9-12). In both studies, we found evidence for reciprocal effects of NA and rumination, and both processes showed autoregressive relationships. Aside from central findings, higher levels of rumination were also associated with higher rumination inertia, pointing toward more habitual rumination also being associated with prolonged rumination. Together, using DSEM, we found reciprocal associations between rumination and NA, while providing new insights into the dynamics between the two processes. (DIPF/Orig.).
Erfasst von	DIPF \| Leibniz-Institut für Bildungsforschung und Bildungsinformation, Frankfurt am Main
Update	2023/1