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The transdiagnostic use of worry and rumination to avoid negative emotional contrasts following negative events: A momentary assessment study

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Baik, Seung Yeon, Newman, Michelle G.·2023·Journal of Anxiety Disorders

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The contrast avoidance model (CAM) suggests that individuals with generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) are sensitive to a sharp increase in negative and/or decrease in positive affect. They thus worry to increase negative emotion to avoid negative emotional contrasts (NECs). However, no prior naturalistic study has examined reactivity to negative events, or ongoing sensitivity to NECs, or the application of CAM to rumination. We used ecological momentary assessment to examine effects of worry and rumination on negative and positive emotion before and after negative events and intentional use of repetitive thinking to avoid NECs. Individuals with major depressive disorder (MDD) and/or GAD (N = 36) or without psychopathology (N = 27) received 8 prompts/day for 8 days and rated items on negative events, emotions, and repetitive thoughts. Regardless of group, higher worry/rumination before negative events was associated with less increased anxiety and sadness, and less decreased happiness from before to after the events. Participants with MDD/GAD (vs. controls) reported higher ratings on focusing on the negative to avoid NECs and greater vulnerability to NECs when feeling positive. Results support the transdiagnostic ecological validity for CAM extending to rumination and intentional engagement in repetitive thinking to avoid NECs among individuals with MDD/GAD.

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Authors
Baik, S. Y., & Newman, M. G.
Affiliations
Pennsylvania State University (US)
Corresponding author
Baik, Seung Yeon
Venue
Journal of Anxiety Disorders
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2023-04
Volume
95
Pages
102679
ISSN
0887-6185 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W4319320984
Cited by
32
References
66
Citations by year
2026: 12 · 2025: 7 · 2024: 9 · 2023: 3 · 2022: 1
FWCI
8.01
Type
journal article
Language
en
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  • Journal of Anxiety Disorders (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
  • ScholarSphere (Penn State Libraries) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
Funders
National Institute of Mental Health (R01 MH115128)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Mental Health Research Topics
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Mind wandering and attention
Keywords
worry, rumination, generalized anxiety disorder, major depressive disorder, transdiagnostic mechanisms, repetitive thinking, anxiety, sadness, happiness, momentary assessment
MeSH terms
Anxiety, Anxiety Disorders, Depressive Disorder, Major, Major Depressive Disorder, Emotions, Humans, Longitudinal Studies

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