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Physiological concomitants of perseverative cognition: A systematic review and meta-analysis.
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Rumination about the past and worries about the future (perseverative cognition) are extremely common, although pervasive and distressing, dysfunctional cognitive processes. Perseverative cognition is not only implicated in psychological health, contributing to mood worsening and psychopathology but, due to its ability to elicit prolonged physiological activity, is also considered to play a role in somatic health. Although there is emerging evidence that such negative and persistent thoughts have consequences on the body, this association has not yet been quantified. The aim of this study was to meta-analyze available studies on the physiological concomitants of perseverative cognition in healthy subjects. Separate meta-analyses were performed on each examined physiological parameter. Sixty studies were eligible for the analyses. Associations emerged between perseverative cognition and higher systolic blood pressure (SBP) (g = .45) and diastolic blood pressure (DBP) (g = .51) in experimental studies, and higher heart rate (HR) (g = .28 and g = .20) and cortisol (g = .36 and g = .32), and lower heart rate variability (HRV) (g = .15 and g = .27) in experimental and correlational studies, respectively. Significant moderators were sex, ethnicity, type of induction used to elicit perseverative cognition, assessment of state versus trait perseverative cognition, focus on worry or rumination, duration of physiological assessment, and quality of the studies. With the exception of blood pressure, results were not influenced by publication bias. Results show that perseverative cognition affects cardiovascular, autonomic, and endocrine nervous system activity, suggesting a pathogenic pathway to long-term disease outcomes and clarifying the still unexplained relationship between chronic stress and health vulnerability.
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“Previous research converges in demonstrating that social stressors (Allen and Friedman 2016), worry and rumination (Ottaviani et al. 2016; Era et al. 2021), and cognitive tasks requiring increased attention (see, e.g., Hansen et al. 2003; Balzarotti et al. 2017 for review) lead to a phasic reduction in vagally mediated HRV (i.e., vagal withdrawal).”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Ottaviani, C., Thayer, J. F., Verkuil, B., Lonigro, A., Medea, B., Couyoumdjian, A., & Brosschot, J. F.
- Affiliations
- Fondazione Santa Lucia (IT)
- The Ohio State University (US)
- Leiden University (NL)
- Sapienza University of Rome (IT)
- ORCID
- Venue
- Psychological Bulletin
- Published
- 2016-03
- Volume
- 142
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 231-259
- ISSN
- 0033-2909 (ISSN-L)
- 1939-1455
- OpenAlex
- W2409629706
- Cited by
- 476
- References
- 157
- Citations by year
- 2026: 46 · 2025: 45 · 2024: 36 · 2023: 39 · 2022: 52 · 2021: 50 · 2020: 57 · 2019: 51 · 2018: 45 · 2017: 29 · 2016: 23
- FWCI
- 4.26
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Psychological Bulletin (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Leiden Repository (Leiden University) (submittedVersion)
- IRIS Research product catalog (Sapienza University of Rome) (submittedVersion)
- Iris (Roma Tre University) (submittedVersion)
- Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS) (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- Italian Ministry of Health (GR-2010-2312442)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine › Heart Rate Variability and Autonomic Control
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments
- Keywords
- perseverative cognition, rumination, worry, physiological correlates, blood pressure, heart rate, cortisol, heart rate variability, autonomic nervous system, endocrine system, cardiovascular reactivity, chronic stress, physical health
- MeSH terms
- Blood Pressure, Cognition, Heart Rate, Humans, Hydrocortisone, Stress, Psychological, Thinking
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