THE INFLUENCE OF ANXIETY AND RUMINATION ON COGNITIVE DYSFUNCTIONS IN DEPRESSION

• Authors: Brzezicka-Rotkiewicz A.
• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

EN

The study aimed at evaluating the role of anxiety and ruminations in creating cognitive dysfunctions in depressive states. A working memory test was used as an indicator of cognitive functioning and the intensity of depression, anxiety and rumination were measured by questionnaires. The data were analyzed in time accuracy function (TAF) paradigm, which allows for carefully examination of information processing. Series of hierarchical regression analyses showed that both anxiety and ruminations are mostly related to chronometrical aspects of information processing, but in different manners. The ruminations stand for differences between depressed and controls in time needed to start processing the information effectively (the parameter A in TAF), and anxiety for differences in rate of processing (the parameter B in TAF). The results showed that anxiety and ruminations have different impact on cognitive distortions in depression. Ruminations seem to affect the available resources mainly, while anxiety impairs the ability to coordinate the ongoing information possessing.

Keywords

EN

ANXIETY; COGNITION; DEPRESSION; RUMINATIONS; WORKING MEMORY

Discipline

• PSYCHOLOGY: PSYCHOLOGY

• Publisher: Committee on Psychological Sciences PAS, Warsaw School of Social Psychology
• Journal: Psychological Studies
• Year: 2007
• Volume: 45
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 33-42
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Brzezicka-Rotkiewicz A.

• A. Brzezicka-Rotkiewicz, Instytut Psychologii PAN, ul.Chodakowska 19/31, 03-815 Warszawa, Poland

Identifiers

CEJSH db identifier

07PLAAAA02545265