Rumination is independently associated with poor psychological health: Comparing emotion regulation strategies

Zawadzki, Matthew J.

doi:10.1080/08870446.2015.1026904

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“…Rumination was unassociated with sleep outcomes among the higher stress sample (mothers of children with autism). Suppression was unassociated with any sleep outcome, contrary to some previous work linking suppression to sleep (Vantieghem, Marcoen, Mairesse, & Vandekerckhove, 2016), but consistent with findings that rumination emerges as a more maladaptive strategy for health outcomes (Zawadzki, 2015). These findings are notable given theory that stress may influence how emotion (and presumably emotion regulation) contributes to health behaviours (Carpenter & Niedenthal, 2017), and maladaptive regulatory strategies are presumed to lead to negative outcomes (O'Leary et al, 2017).…”

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Emotion, health decision making, and health behaviour

Ferrer

Mendes

2017

Psychology & Health

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Emotion, health decision making, and health behaviour

Ferrer

Mendes

2017

Psychology & Health

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“…neuroticism or extraversion) [ 90 ], positive factors (e.g., resilience or social support) [ 91 ], and cognitive as well as emotional processes (e.g. rumination or other emotion-regulation strategies) [ 92 , 93 ] also influence PMH and MHP.…”

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Lifestyle choices and mental health: a longitudinal survey with German and Chinese students

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BackgroundA healthy lifestyle can be beneficial for one’s mental health. Thus, identifying healthy lifestyle choices that promote psychological well-being and reduce mental problems is useful to prevent mental disorders. The aim of this longitudinal study was to evaluate the predictive values of a broad range of lifestyle choices for positive mental health (PMH) and mental health problems (MHP) in German and Chinese students.MethodData were assessed at baseline and at 1-year follow-up. Samples included 2991 German (Mage = 21.69, SD = 4.07) and 12,405 Chinese (Mage = 20.59, SD = 1.58) university students. Lifestyle choices were body mass index, frequency of physical and mental activities, frequency of alcohol consumption, smoking, vegetarian diet, and social rhythm irregularity. PMH and MHP were measured with the Positive Mental Health Scale and a 21-item version of the Depression Anxiety and Stress Scale. The predictive values of lifestyle choices for PMH and MHP at baseline and follow-up were assessed with single-group and multi-group path analyses.ResultsBetter mental health (higher PMH and fewer MHP) at baseline was predicted by a lower body mass index, a higher frequency of physical and mental activities, non-smoking, a non-vegetarian diet, and a more regular social rhythm. When controlling for baseline mental health, age, and gender, physical activity was a positive predictor of PMH, smoking was a positive predictor of MHP, and a more irregular social rhythm was a positive predictor of PMH and a negative predictor of MHP at follow-up. The good fit of a multi-group model indicated that most lifestyle choices predict mental health comparably across samples. Some country-specific effects emerged: frequency of alcohol consumption, for example, predicted better mental health in German and poorer mental health in Chinese students.ConclusionsOur findings underline the importance of healthy lifestyle choices for improved psychological well-being and fewer mental health difficulties. Effects of lifestyle on mental health are comparable in German and Chinese students. Some healthy lifestyle choices (i.e., more frequent physical activity, non-smoking, regular social rhythm) are related to improvements in mental health over a 1-year period.Electronic supplementary materialThe online version of this article (10.1186/s12889-018-5526-2) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.

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“…Rumination is a key risk factor for depression that also mediates the relationship between chronic perceived stress and psychological health risk indicators (e.g. depressive symptoms and sleep quality; Zawadzki ). The relatively high heritability estimates of RMFG cortical thickness that we observe (Right RMFG: 71.34%; left RMFG: 61.56%) are consistent with this notion.…”

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Perceived stress is associated with increased rostral middle frontal gyrus cortical thickness: a family‐based and discordant‐sibling investigation

Michalski

Demers

Baranger

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Genes Brain and Behavior

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Background Elevated stress perception and depression commonly co-occur, suggesting that they share a common neurobiology. Cortical thickness of the rostral middle frontal gyrus (RMFG), a region critical for executive function, has been associated with depression- and stress-related phenotypes. Here, we examined whether RMFG cortical thickness is associated with these phenotypes in a large family-based community sample. Methods RMFG cortical thickness was estimated using FreeSurfer among participants (n=879) who completed the ongoing Human Connectome Project. Depression-related phenotypes (i.e., sadness, positive affect) and perceived stress were assessed via self-report. Results After accounting for sex, age, ethnicity, average whole-brain cortical thickness, twin status, and familial structure, RMFG thickness was positively associated with perceived stress and sadness and negatively associated with positive affect at small effect sizes (accounting for 0.2–2.4% of variance; p-fdr: 0.0051–0.1900). Perceived stress was uniquely associated with RMFG thickness after accounting for depression-related phenotypes. Further, among siblings discordant for perceived stress, those reporting higher perceived stress had increased RMFG thickness (p=4×10−7). Lastly, RMFG thickness, perceived stress, depressive symptoms, and positive affect were all significantly heritable with evidence of shared genetic and environmental contributions between self-report measures. Conclusions Stress perception and depression share common genetic, environmental, and neural correlates. Variability in RMFG cortical thickness may play a role in stress-related depression, though effects may be small in magnitude. Prospective studies are required to examine whether variability in RMFG thickness may function as a risk factor for stress exposure and/or perception, and/or arises as a consequence of these phenotypes.

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Rumination is independently associated with poor psychological health: Comparing emotion regulation strategies

Cited by 34 publications

References 64 publications

Emotion, health decision making, and health behaviour

Emotion, health decision making, and health behaviour

Lifestyle choices and mental health: a longitudinal survey with German and Chinese students

Perceived stress is associated with increased rostral middle frontal gyrus cortical thickness: a family‐based and discordant‐sibling investigation

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