ICPS

2019 International Convention of Psychological Science · 2019

Momentary Reporting of Negative Affect As a Predictor of End of Day Worry and Rumination in Generalized Anxiety Disorder

Paris, France · March 2019

Posters · Clinical Science

  • Megan Renna
    Teachers College, Columbia University
  • Mia O'Toole
    Aarhus University
  • David Klemanski
    Wexner Medical Center
  • Caroline Kerns
    Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
  • Kate McLaughlin
    University of Washington
  • Douglas Mennin
    Teachers College, Columbia University

Abstract

This study examined negative affect's impact on daily ratings of worry and rumination in GAD. Higher levels of negative affect predicted high levels of worry and rumination. Further, greater negative affect predicted higher rumination for those in the GAD, but not for healthy controls.

Anxiety Disorders

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