Early Emergence of Rumination has no Association with Performance on a Non-affective Inhibitory Control Task

Abstract

Rumination is a vulnerability for depression and potentially linked to inhibitory control weaknesses. We aimed to replicate the association observed in adults between inhibitory control and rumination in adolescents, and to examine putative moderating roles of childhood maltreatment and perceived family cohesion in an adolescent sample at risk for depression due to familial/personal history. Ninety adolescents aged 11–17 ( M = 14.6, SD = 1.8) completed self-report scales of rumination, maltreatment, and family cohesion, and performed a task assessing inhibitory control. Hierarchical regression models showed no significant relation between inhibitory control and moderator variables on rumination. However, adolescents who reported higher levels of maltreatment and who perceived lower family cohesion tended to indicate higher levels of rumination ( B Chilhood Maltreatment = 27.52, 95% CIs [5.63, 49.41], B Family Cohesion = -0.40, 95% CIs [-0.65, -0.15]). These findings demonstrate an alternative understanding of factors that increase depression onset risk and recurrence in adolescents. Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s10578-022-01484-8.

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“…Anhedonia has been attributed to impairments in the reward network (e.g., nucleus accumbens), but also in the cognitive control networks in the prefrontal cortex [6,5]. On the other hand, rumination has been frequently associated with impairment in executive control and cognitive inhibition [7][8][9][10][11]. Moreover, rumination could be a speci c de cit in semantic inhibition processes [12,5] rather than a general executive functions de cit, as it involves di culties to suppress recurrent thoughts.…”