The role of avoidance and beliefs on perseverative cognitions in the link between task-unrelated thoughts and psychopathology symptoms

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dc.abstract.enRumination, mind-wandering (MW), and daydreaming are maladaptive task-unrelated thoughts (TUT). All three processes are transdiagnostic, making them one of the targets of processed-based CBT. Although extant empirical data supports many mechanisms underlying maladaptive features of TUT, one primary mechanism – avoidance still lacks convincing empirical evidence. The present study aimed to test, from a longitudinal perspective, the mediator role of cognitive avoidance in the link between rumination, daydreaming, MW, and their maladaptive outcomes (depression, anxiety, and sleep disturbance). Additionally, the study will test the role of beliefs on emotions/rumination and inhibitory control in those models. 397 volunteers filled in a series of self-reported questionnaires in two waves with a 3-month interval. The results suggest that cognitive avoidance plays a mediator role in the link between MW or daydreaming and anxiety, depression, and sleep disturbance. However, these mediation models were not significant for rumination. Moreover, beliefs about perseverative cognition moderated the MW mediation model. This is the first study suggesting that avoidance mechanisms and beliefs on cognition controllability might differentiate types of TUT and their impact on psychopathology symptoms. However, the results are based only on self-reported measures, which is particularly challenging for measuring avoidance.
dc.affiliationEmotion Cognition Lab, Instytut Psychologii
dc.affiliationWydział Psychologii w Katowicach
dc.affiliationInstytut Psychologii
dc.contributor.authorKornacka, Monika
dc.contributor.authorBarnes, Steven
dc.contributor.authorPara, Małgorzata
dc.contributor.authorSkorupski, Michał
dc.contributor.authorKostrzewa, Zofia
dc.contributor.authorSzastok, Marta
dc.date.access2025-06-12
dc.date.accessioned2025-06-23T10:42:53Z
dc.date.available2025-06-23T10:42:53Z
dc.date.created2025-05-16
dc.date.issued2025-06-12
dc.description.accesstimeat_publication
dc.description.grantnumber2019/35/D/HS6/02364
dc.description.granttitleIntegratywny model nieadaptacyjnych, spontanicznych myśli nie związanych z zadaniem. Podejście procesualne i funkcjonalne.
dc.description.physical1-8
dc.description.versionfinal_published
dc.description.volume246
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.paid.2025.113277
dc.identifier.eissn1873-3549
dc.identifier.issn0191-8869
dc.identifier.urihttps://share.swps.edu.pl/handle/swps/1536
dc.identifier.weblinkhttps://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0191886925002399?via%3Dihub
dc.languageen
dc.pbn.affiliationpsychologia
dc.rightsCC-BY-NC-ND
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dc.share.articleOPEN_JOURNAL
dc.subject.entask-unrelated thoughts
dc.subject.endaydreaming
dc.subject.enmind-wandering
dc.subject.enrumination
dc.subject.enavoidance
dc.subject.enbeliefs on emotions
dc.subject.enbeliefs on rumination
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dc.titleThe role of avoidance and beliefs on perseverative cognitions in the link between task-unrelated thoughts and psychopathology symptoms
dc.title.journalPersonality and Individual Differences
dc.typeJournalArticle
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