APS
31st APS Annual Convention · 2019
Rumination Mediates the Relationship between Attention Inflexibility and Affect in Daily Life
- Anna Olczyk
Cleveland State University - Tannaz Mirhosseini
Cleveland State University - Skye Napolitano
Cleveland State University - Angela Bush
Cleveland State University - Ilya Yaroslavsky
Cleveland State University
Abstract
This study examined rumination as a mediator between attention inflexibility and affect in daily life. Slow visual attention disengagement from negatively valenced faces and fast disengagement from positively valenced faces predicted elevated ruminative tendencies that, in turn, mediated the effects attention inflexibility on happiness levels in daily life.
Affect