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Thesis
RELATIONSHIPS AMONG RUMINATION, WORRY, OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE SYMPTOMS, COGNITIVE FLEXIBILITY, AND PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGICAL VARIABLES
University of West Florida
Master of Arts (MA), University of West Florida
2012
Abstract
A number of researchers have investigated the associations among rumination, worry, depression, eating disorders, and anxiety states; however, few studies have evaluated the interrelationships among rumination, worry, cognitive flexibility, psychophysiological variables, and obsessive-compulsive symptoms. In this thesis, 87 college students' psychological, cognitive, and psychophysiological factors were assessed. They were then presented with a series of 60 emotionally arousing pictures and a relaxation induction with pleasant imagery while psychophysiological measures were collected. Results indicated that participants with low levels of cognitive flexibility and reflective rumination and high levels of worry reported high levels of obsessivecompulsive symptoms and demonstrated a longer temperature habituation time during relaxation induction following the viewing of stressful pictures. Emotional distress levels were significantly predicted by brooding rumination. This study demonstrated that cognitive flexibility is an important construct in understanding obsessive-compulsive symptoms. Additionally, cognitive rumination provides additional predictive utility in this symptom complex, above and beyond worry. Implications for further research in the neurodeficits model of obsessive-compulsive disorder are discussed.
Details
- Title
- RELATIONSHIPS AMONG RUMINATION, WORRY, OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE SYMPTOMS, COGNITIVE FLEXIBILITY, AND PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGICAL VARIABLES
- Resource Type
- Thesis
- Publisher
- University of West Florida
- Format
- text
- Identifiers
- 99380090735206600
- Academic Unit
- Psychology
- Language
- English
- Awarding Institution
- University of West Florida; Master of Arts (MA)
- Theses and Dissertations
- Master of Arts (MA), University of West Florida