The Relationship Between Cognitive Flexibility and Rumination: From Laboratory to Daily Life

<p>Cognitive flexibility has been considered one of the risk factors for anxiety. People with high levels of anxiety tend to stick to more maladaptive strategies such as rumination. The interaction between cognitive flexibility and rumination may help explain the contribution of cognitive flexibility to the development of anxiety. This study investigated the relationship between cognitive flexibility and rumination. Each individual’s level of cognitive flexibility, anxiety, and rumination were measured through questionnaires and computer tasks. Daily changes in emotion and rumination were assessed using the experience sampling method. The results showed interesting relationship between rumination (both trait and momentary) and cognitive flexibility (self-report and task-based). Furthermore, it was cognitive flexibility but not trait rumination that predicted the mean momentary rumination.</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Science

Level thesis:degree_level

Thesis

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Psychological Science

Year dc:date.available

2022

Author dc:creator

• Girard, Cassidy R

Contributors dc:contributor

• Dr. Lin Fang

• Cognitive Flexibility
• Emotion Regulation
• Trait Rumination
• Momentary Rumination
• Eye-tracking
• Experience Sampling Methods
• Anxiety
• Cognitive Psychology
• Psychology

Repository record dc:identifier

https://commons.nmu.edu/theses/718

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:commons.nmu.edu:theses-1760