Dependent Stress Generation Mediates the Relation Between Poor Cognitive Control and Repetitive Negative Thinking in Emerging Adults
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15705403 |
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| Authors | Morgan M Taylor (0000-0002-1115-6516, Brandeis University, corresponding author), Hannah R Snyder (0000-0003-2853-3557, Brandeis University) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 11 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 467-481 |
| Publication date | 2021-12-11 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Emerging Adulthood (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2167-6968 • E-ISSN: 2167-6984 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/21676968211054969 |
| OpenAlex | W4200282932 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 61 |
Poor cognitive control has been associated with maladaptive thinking, like rumination and worry, that increase risk for internalizing psychopathology. However, little research has investigated how cognitive control is associated with commonalities between rumination and worry (i.e., repetitive negative thinking; RNT). The current study aimed to investigate how cognitive control predicts engagement in a common component of RNT over time via an indirect mechanism of dependent stress generation in a one-semester longitudinal study of emerging adult college students ( N = 224). Executive functioning task performance and self-reported attentional control (not working memory capacity task performance) prospectively predicted RNT, mediated by dependent stress, but did not predict change in stress or RNT from baseline. These findings suggest that aspects of cognitive control relevant for successful goal pursuit may be involved with maintaining levels of stressful life events and subsequent RNT
Anxiety · Attentional control · Cognition · Developmental psychology · Effects of sleep deprivation on cognitive performance · Executive functions · Psychopathology · Rumination · Task (project management · Worry · Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development · Clinical Psychology · Mental Health Research Topics · Psychology
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