Article (Scientific journals)
Adaptive and maladaptive rumination in alexithymia and their relation with depressive symptoms
Di Schiena, Raffaella; Luminet, Olivier; Philippot, Pierre
2011In Personality and Individual Differences, 50 (1), p. 10 - 14
Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi
 

Files


Full Text
1-s2.0-S0191886910003910-main.pdf
Author postprint (184.35 kB)
Request a copy

All documents in ORBi are protected by a user license.

Send to



Details



Keywords :
Abstract; Alexithymia; Concrete; Maladaptive thinking; Processing modes; Rumination; Psychology (all); General Psychology
Abstract :
[en] Alexithymia and ruminative thinking style are two dispositions typically associated with depression. Alexithymia encompasses difficulties identifying feelings (DIF), difficulties describing feelings (DDF) and externally oriented thinking (EOT). Rumination consists of repetitive thinking about one's own state, which has adaptive or maladaptive consequences, depending on the processing mode involved. This is maladaptive when the mode is abstract-analytic and adaptive when it is concrete-experiential (Watkins, 2008). In order to investigate the combined contribution of alexithymia and rumination in depression, the present study investigated correlations between the multiple dimensions of alexithymia and rumination before and after controlling for depressive symptoms. The aim was to see which alexithymia dimensions are associated with abstract-analytic rumination, which ones with concrete-experiential rumination, and which dimensions are not related to rumination at all. Self-report measures of depressive symptoms, alexithymia and rumination were administered to a non-clinical sample (N=174, Mage=21.40). After controlling for depression, two complementary patterns emerged, and a null association: DIF positively correlated with abstract-analytic rumination, EOT negatively correlated with concrete-experiential rumination, whereas no association was found between DDF and any rumination component. Causal models compatible with observed associations are discussed. © 2010 Elsevier Ltd.
Disciplines :
Theoretical & cognitive psychology
Author, co-author :
Di Schiena, Raffaella  ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de Psychologie > Psychologie clinique de l'enfant ; Université catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
Luminet, Olivier;  Université catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
Philippot, Pierre;  Université catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
Language :
English
Title :
Adaptive and maladaptive rumination in alexithymia and their relation with depressive symptoms
Publication date :
2011
Journal title :
Personality and Individual Differences
ISSN :
0191-8869
eISSN :
1873-3549
Publisher :
Elsevier BV
Volume :
50
Issue :
1
Pages :
10 - 14
Peer reviewed :
Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi
Funding text :
The authors appreciated helpful comments of Betty Chang on earlier drafts of this paper. This research has been facilitated by Grants from the “Action de Recherche Concertée” (ARC) 06/11, and by the “Fonds de la Recherche Scientifique” (FNRS) 1.5.148.10., at the Université catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium.
Available on ORBi :
since 21 March 2023

Statistics


Number of views
30 (2 by ULiège)
Number of downloads
1 (1 by ULiège)

Scopus citations®
 
38
Scopus citations®
without self-citations
31
OpenCitations
 
24

Bibliography


Similar publications



Contact ORBi