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Mood Effects of Concrete Versus Abstract Depressive Rumination

Clen, Shauna Lyn
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1270256117

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2010, MA, Kent State University, College of Arts and Sciences / Department of Psychological Sciences.
The manner in which an individual responds to sad mood may be an important vulnerability factor in major depressive disorder (MDD). Previous research has linked a form of repetitive thought known as depressive rumination to increased vulnerability for MDD. Studies have also shown experimentally-induced depressive rumination to be more detrimental than distraction. Recently, Watkins and colleagues demonstrated that depressive rumination occurring at an abstract level (e.g., thinking about the causes, meanings and consequences of sad mood) is more detrimental than depressive rumination occurring at a concrete level (e.g., focusing attention on the details of sad mood). The present study examined the effect abstract versus concrete depressive rumination on sad and happy mood with consideration for an individual’s level of self-esteem and MDD symptoms. Seventy-three college students underwent a sad mood induction followed by a period of either concrete or abstract depressive rumination. MDD symptoms were found to moderate the effect of rumination task on sadness. There was a trend for abstract depressive rumination to produce more sadness than concrete depressive rumination in individuals with higher levels of MDD symptoms.
Dr. David Fresco (Advisor)
Dr. Jeffrey Ciesla (Committee Member)
Dr. Janis Crowther (Committee Member)
Dr. John Updegraff (Committee Member)
62 p.
Psychology
depression; rumination; abstract; concrete; mood

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  • Clen, S. L. (2010). Mood Effects of Concrete Versus Abstract Depressive Rumination [Master's thesis, Kent State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1270256117

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Clen, Shauna. Mood Effects of Concrete Versus Abstract Depressive Rumination. 2010. Kent State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1270256117.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Clen, Shauna. "Mood Effects of Concrete Versus Abstract Depressive Rumination." Master's thesis, Kent State University, 2010. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1270256117

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