Repetitive Negative Thinking and Interpretation Bias in Pregnancy.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Repetitive negative thinking (RNT; e.g., worry about the future, rumination about the past) and the tendency to interpret ambiguous information in negative ways (interpretation bias) are cognitive processes that play a maintaining role in anxiety and depression, and recent evidence has demonstrated that interpretation bias maintains RNT. In the context of perinatal mental health, RNT has received minimal research attention (despite the fact that it predicts later anxiety and depression), and interpretation bias remains unstudied (despite evidence that it maintains depression and anxiety which are common in this period).

Method

We investigated the relationship between RNT, interpretation bias and psychopathology (depression, anxiety) in a pregnant sample (n = 133).

SUBMITTER: Hirsch CR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9645466 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature