1. Maladaptive repetitive thought as a transdiagnostic phenomenon and treatment target: An integrative review
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David A. Sbarra, Michael R. Medrano, Cody M. Havens, Tracy E. Crane, Deanna M. Kaplan, Roman Palitsky, Mary Frances O'Connor, Samantha J. Reznik, and Angela L. Carey
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Male ,050103 clinical psychology ,Psychotherapist ,media_common.quotation_subject ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Treatment targets ,Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous) ,Extant taxon ,Phenomenon ,medicine ,Humans ,0501 psychology and cognitive sciences ,media_common ,Depression ,05 social sciences ,Cognition ,Anxiety Disorders ,030227 psychiatry ,Psychotherapy ,Clinical Psychology ,Rumination, Cognitive ,Rumination ,Anxiety ,medicine.symptom ,Worry ,Psychology ,Psychopathology - Abstract
OBJECTIVE Maladaptive repetitive thought (RT), the frequent and repetitive revisiting of thoughts or internal experiences, is associated with a range of psychopathological processes and disorders. We present a synthesis of prior research on maladaptive RT and develop a framework for elucidating and distinguishing between five forms of maladaptive RT. METHOD In addition to the previously studied maladaptive RT (worry, rumination, and obsession), this framework is used to identify two additional forms of maladaptive RT (yearning and interoceptive RT). We then present a review of extant psychotherapy intervention research targeting maladaptive RT, focusing both on specific empirically based treatment strategies, and also constructs within treatments that impact maladaptive RT. CONCLUSION The paper concludes with recommendations for future basic and intervention research on maladaptive RT and related psychopathologies.
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- 2016