Associations between rumination and obsessive-compulsive symptom dimensions

Raines, Amanda M.; Vidaurri, Desirae N.; Portero, Amberly K.; Schmidt, Norman B.

doi:10.1016/j.paid.2017.03.001

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“…Given the additional findings that rumination about the UIT affected distress, this strengthens the confidence in the argument that rumination has an influence on the maintenance of UITs. Findings are also consistent with previous studies suggesting that rumination might play a role in OCD (Dar & Iqbal, 2015; Grisham & Williams, 2009; Raines et al, 2017; Wahl et al, 2019). Findings warrant replication in individuals diagnosed with OCD to investigate whether rumination also affects obsessive thoughts in the same way as it affects UITs.…”

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“…Dar and Iqbal (2015) found positive correlations between rumination and OC symptoms in a mixed sample of individuals diagnosed with OCD or generalized anxiety disorder. Rumination was related to the unacceptable thoughts/neutralization domain of OCD when negative affect was controlled for in an unselected treatment-seeking sample (Raines et al, 2017). Overall, these studies indicate an association between rumination and OCD symptoms and raise the question of whether and in what way they might influence each other.…”

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“…Several mechanisms by which rumination might influence the persistence of intrusive thoughts have been discussed. Raines et al (2017) suggested that rumination might promote the misinterpretation of naturally occurring intrusive thoughts by changing the appraisals of these thoughts. This idea was supported in the previous experimental study (Wahl et al, 2019).…”

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confidence: 99%

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Effects of rumination on unwanted intrusive thoughts: A replication and extension

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Journal of Experimental Psychopathology

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Studies indicate that rumination might play a role in obsessive–compulsive disorder. In a previous experimental study, rumination about an unwanted intrusive thought (UIT) maintained the urge to neutralize this thought. We sought to replicate and extend these findings with measures of behavioral and mental neutralizing. Additionally, we investigated possible mechanisms that might be involved in the effects of rumination on the UIT. We activated a UIT by asking students ( N = 105) to write down a sentence stating that they wished a loved person would die in a car accident. Participants were randomly allocated to rumination about the UIT, rumination about negative mood, or distraction. As predicted, rumination about the UIT maintained the urge to neutralize the UIT, relative to rumination about negative mood and distraction. In addition, rumination about the UIT also maintained distress associated with the UIT compared to rumination about negative mood and distraction. The effects of rumination did not extend to behavioral or mental neutralizing. UIT frequency and vividness were unaffected by rumination. The present findings strengthen the confidence that rumination contributes to the maintenance of UITs.

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Effects of rumination on unwanted intrusive thoughts: A replication and extension

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Heinzel

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Journal of Experimental Psychopathology

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“…; DSM-IV; American Psychiatric Association, 1994; Armstrong et al, 2011;Koch & Exner, 2015). Furthermore, an RTS has been positively associated with OC symptom severity in students and the general population (Grisham & Williams, 2009;Jungmann et al, 2016;Shaw et al, 2017;Wahl et al, 2011) as well as in heterogeneous clinical samples of individuals diagnosed with a variety of mental disorders (e.g., anxiety disorders, depressive disorders, and OCD; Dar & Iqbal, 2015;Raines et al, 2017). Recently, Wei et al (2020) demonstrated this association in a treatment-receiving sample of adolescents and young adults diagnosed with OCD, although these results should be interpreted with caution due to the study's use of an unvalidated two-item measure of an RTS.…”

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Is a Ruminative Thinking Style Related to Obsessive-Compulsive Symptom Severity Beyond Its Associations with Depressive and Anxiety Symptom Severity?

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Previous studies suggest that a ruminative thinking style (RTS) is positively associated with the severity of obsessive-compulsive symptoms and might be involved in the maintenance of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). We sought to replicate this association in a sample of individuals with OCD, controlling for depressive and anxiety symptom severity, and to extend previous studies by including an interview measure of obsessive-compulsive symptom severity. A sample of 140 individuals diagnosed with OCD participated in a cross-sectional observational study. Participants completed questionnaire measures of an RTS as well as obsessive-compulsive, depressive, and anxiety symptom severity. Obsessive-compulsive symptom severity was additionally assessed with an interview. When statistically controlling for depressive and anxiety symptom severity, an RTS continued to predict the questionnaire, but not the interview measure of obsessive-compulsive symptom severity. We discuss possible explanations for these mixed findings, emphasizing the unique aspects of each measure, and consider implications for further research on OCD.

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“…Other types of repetitive thought patterns, including intrusive-automatic thoughts in obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) are linked to VS/NAcc-orbitofrontal cortex (OFC) resting-state functional connectivity (rsFC) (18,19). Previous studies found these automatic thoughts in OCD to be associated with ruminative response style (20,21), suggesting a more general mechanism might underlie the propensity for rumination.…”

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Ruminative Tendency Relates to Ventral Striatum Functionality: Evidence From Task and Resting-State fMRI

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Background: Ruminative responding involves repetitive and passive thinking about one's negative affect. This tendency interferes with initiation of goal-directed rewarding strategies, which could alleviate depressive states. Such reward-directed response selection has been shown to be mediated by ventral striatum/nucleus accumbens (VS/ NAcc) function. However, to date, no study has examined whether trait rumination relates to VS/NAcc functionality. Here, we tested whether rumination moderates VS/NAcc function both in response to reward and during a ruminative state.Methods: Trait rumination was considered dimensionally using Rumination Response Scale (RRS) scores. Our sample (N = 80) consisted of individuals from a community sample and from patients diagnosed with major depressive disorder, providing a broad range of RRS scores. Participants underwent fMRI to assess two modes of VS/NAcc functionality: 1) in response to reward, and 2) during resting-state, as a proxy for ruminative state. We then tested for associations between RRS scores and VS/NAcc functional profiles, statistically controlling for overall depressive symptom severity.Results: RRS scores correlated positively with VS/NAcc response to reward. Furthermore, we noted that higher RRS scores were associated with increased ruminative-dependent resting-state functional connectivity of the VS/NAcc with the left orbitofrontal cortex.Conclusions: These findings suggest that ruminative tendencies manifest in VS/NAcc reward-and rumination-related functions, providing support for a theoretical-clinical perspective of rumination as a habitual impairment in selection of rewarding, adaptive coping strategies.

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Associations between rumination and obsessive-compulsive symptom dimensions

Cited by 40 publications

References 40 publications

Effects of rumination on unwanted intrusive thoughts: A replication and extension

Effects of rumination on unwanted intrusive thoughts: A replication and extension

Is a Ruminative Thinking Style Related to Obsessive-Compulsive Symptom Severity Beyond Its Associations with Depressive and Anxiety Symptom Severity?

Ruminative Tendency Relates to Ventral Striatum Functionality: Evidence From Task and Resting-State fMRI

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