O'Connor, DB, Ashley, L, Jones, F et al. (1 more author) (2014) Maladaptive rumination moderates the effects of written emotional disclosure on ambulatory blood pressure levels in females. Health Psychology and Behavioral Medicine, 2 (1). pp. 1067-1077. ISSN 2164-2850
Abstract
Written emotional disclosure (WED) has beneficial effects on health outcomes. However, its effectiveness is influenced by a number of variables. This exploratory study tested whether trait rumination, which comprises brooding, a maladaptive component, and reflection, an adaptive component, moderated the effects of WED on ambulatory blood pressure (ABP) in female participants. Fifty-two participants were randomized to write about their most stressful/traumatic life experience(s) or non-emotive topics, for 20 minutes, on 3 consecutive days. Two weeks and 14 weeks later, ABP was recorded over a single day. Using hierarchical linear modelling, an effect of condition was found at 2 weeks but not at 14 weeks indicating that higher levels of ABP were observed following WED. There was also a significant condition by brooding interaction at two weeks such that higher ABP was observed in low brooders in the WED condition compared with low brooders in the control condition. However, within the WED condition, the lowest ABP was exhibited by participants high in brooding. The findings indicated that WED led to short-lived increases in ABP which disappeared in the medium term. Researchers ought to build upon this exploratory study and investigate further the potential moderating role of brooding within WED. Individual differences in brooding may account for (some of) the mixed and inconsistent findings in past WED research.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2014 The Author(s). Published by Taylor & Francis. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. The moral rights of the named author(s) have been asserted. |
Keywords: | stress, personality, coping |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Medicine and Health (Leeds) > School of Psychology (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 02 Jun 2016 11:43 |
Last Modified: | 12 Feb 2019 14:11 |
Published Version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/21642850.2014.973881 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Taylor & Francis Open |
Identification Number: | 10.1080/21642850.2014.973881 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:89910 |