Reducing Repetitive Thought in Generalized Anxiety Disorder

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dc.contributor.advisorHoffman, Mary Annen_US
dc.contributor.authorEricson, Sara Kateen_US
dc.contributor.departmentPsychologyen_US
dc.contributor.publisherDigital Repository at the University of Marylanden_US
dc.contributor.publisherUniversity of Maryland (College Park, Md.)en_US
dc.date.accessioned2010-10-07T05:32:04Z
dc.date.available2010-10-07T05:32:04Z
dc.date.issued2010en_US
dc.description.abstractThis study evaluated two computerized interventions intended to reduce the frequency of negatively-valenced repetitive thought and negative emotions that accompany these thoughts in college students prescreened for elevated levels of anxiety. The current study also tested the moderating effects of participants' tendency toward different types of repetitive thought, specifically rumination and worry, on outcomes including the amount of time spent discussing the thought, positive affectivity and negative affectivity. The rumination intervention was created for this study and based on goal progress theory, whereas the worry intervention was adapted from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy. Findings revealed no moderating effect of the tendency to engage in a specific type of repetitive thought. Instead, participants who received the worry intervention spent less time focusing on their thought and used less negative emotion words during a post-intervention verbalization period than those who received the rumination intervention regardless of the general tendency toward rumination or worry.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/10761
dc.subject.pqcontrolledPsychology, Clinicalen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledAcceptanceen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledACTen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledAnxietyen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledRuminationen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledWorryen_US
dc.titleReducing Repetitive Thought in Generalized Anxiety Disorderen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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