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Daily affective experiences are associated with daily, but not trait-level rumination

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 September 2022

L. Kovacs ,
N. Kocsel ,
Z. Toth ,
T. Smahajcsik-Szabo ,
S. Karsai  and
G. Kökönyei
L. Kovacs*
Affiliation:
Eotvos Lorand University, Institute Of Psychology, Budapest, Hungary
N. Kocsel
Affiliation:
ELTE Eötvös Loránd University, Institute Of Psychology, Budapest, Hungary
Z. Toth
Affiliation:
Doctoral School of Psychology, ELTE Eotvos Lorand University, Elte, Budapest, Hungary
T. Smahajcsik-Szabo
Affiliation:
Doctoral School of Psychology, ELTE Eotvos Lorand University, Elte, Budapest, Hungary
S. Karsai
Affiliation:
ELTE Eötvös Loránd University, Institute Of Psychology, Budapest, Hungary
G. Kökönyei
Affiliation:
Eotvos Lorand University, Institute Of Psychology, Budapest, Hungary
*
*Corresponding author.

Abstract

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Introduction

Rumination is a transdiagnostic risk factor to psychopathology that has mostly been studied in relation to depression (Nolen-Hoeksema, 1991). However, rumination may also occur in response to positive events and emotions (Feldman et al., 2008), and may be a protective factor as it is associated with higher positive affect (Harding et al., 2017).

Objectives

We aimed to examine ruminative response to positive affect (RPA) in daily life and explore its relationship with daily positive and negative affect. We hypothesized that daily positive and negative affect would be associated with daily RPA even after controlling for trait-level RPA and depressive rumination.

Methods

We carried out a daily diary study with university students (n=178). After filling out the baseline survey assessing trait-level rumination, participants had to answer short surveys online about their daily affect and daily rumination every evening for 10 consecutive days. We analyzed our data with multilevel regression in R.

Results

In line with our expectations, daily RPA was significantly associated with daily positive (β=0.16) and negative affect (β=-0.07), while trait-level rumination scores were not significantly associated with daily positive and negative affect. The within-person relationship was stronger between RPA and positive affect (β=0.17) than the between-person relationship (β=0.09). Daily and trait-level rumination were weakly correlated (r=0.218-0.284).

Conclusions

Under ecologically valid conditions, we found that daily rumination was more important in daily affective experiences than trait-level rumination. Understanding whether one’s current affect is more strongly associated with trait-level, state-level or even contextual factors may yield better intervention strategies for affective disorders.

Disclosure

No significant relationships.

Keywords

rumination on positive affectdaily diary studydaily positive affectstate - and trait-level rumination
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European Psychiatry , Volume 65 , Special Issue S1: Abstracts of the 30th European Congress of Psychiatry , June 2022 , pp. S93 - S94
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