Perseverative cognition
Perseverative cognition [1] [2] is a collective term in scientific psychology for continuous thinking about negative events in the past or in the future (e.g. worry, rumination, brooding, but also mind wandering about negative topics [3]). The psychological concept of perseverative cognition helps to explain how psychological stress, such as work stress and marital stress, leads to disease, such as cardiovascular disease. Perseverative cognition may partly be unconscious. In 2013 the term perseverative cognition was included in the Encyclopedia of Behavioral Medicine [4]
Further reading
Bookchapter about perseverative cognition in the book 'Health Psychology' [5]
See also
- Stress (psychological)
- Chronic stress
- Cognition
- Unconscious cognition
- Mindfulness-based stress reduction
Notes
- ^ Brosschot, J.F., Pieper, S. & Thayer J.F. (2005) Expanding Stress Theory: Prolonged Activation And Perseverative Cognition. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 30(10):1043-9.
- ^ Brosschot, J.F, Gerin, W. & Thayer, J.F. (2006) Worry and health: the perseverative cognition hypothesis. Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 60, 113-12.
- ^ Ottaviani, C., Shapiro, D., Couyoumdjian, A.(2013) Flexibility as the key for somatic health: From mind wandering to perseverative cognition. Biological Psychology, 94(1), 38-43.
- ^ Brosschot J.F., Verkuil B. & Thayer J.F. (2013), Perseverative Cognition. In: Gellman M.D., Turner J.R. (Red.) Encyclopedia of Behavioral Medicine. Heidelberg: Springer-Verlag. 1457-1458.
- ^ Thayer J.F. & Brosschot J.F. (2010), Stress, health and illness: The effects of prolonged physiological activity and perseverative cognition. In: French D., Kaptein A., Vedhara K., Weinman J. (Red.) Health Psychology. Oxford: Blackwell Publishing. 247-259.
References
- Borkovec, T.D., Ray, W.J., & Stöber, J. (1998).Worry: A cognitive phenomenon intimately linked to affective, physiological, and interpersonal behavioral processes. Cognitive Therapy and Research, 22, 561-576.
- Brosschot, J. F. & Van Der Doef, M. (2006). Daily worrying and somatic health complaints:Testing the effectiveness of a simple worry reduction intervention. Psychology & Health, 21, 19-31.
- Brosschot, J.F, Gerin, W. & Thayer, J.F. (2006) Worry and health: the perseverative cognition hypothesis. Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 60, 113-12.
- Brosschot, J.F., Pieper, S. & Thayer J.F. (2005) Expanding Stress Theory: Prolonged Activation And Perseverative Cognition. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 30(10):1043-9.
- Brosschot, J.F., Verkuil, B. & Thayer, J.F. (2010) Conscious and unconscious perseverative cognition: Is a large part of prolonged physiological activity due to unconscious stress? Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 69(4), 407-16.
- Brosschot, J.F. (2010) Markers of chronic stress: Prolonged physiological activation and (un)conscious perseverative cognition. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews. 35, 46–50.
- Jellesma, F.C., Verkuil, B., & Brosschot, J.F.(2009) Postponing worrisome thoughts in children: The effects of a postponement intervention on perseverative thoughts, emotions and somatic complaints. Social Science & Medicine, 69, 278-284.
- Larsen, B.A & Christenfeld, N.J.S. (2009) Cardiovascular Disease and Psychiatric Comorbidity: The Potential Role of Perseverative Cognition. Cardiovascular Psychiatry and Neurology, vol. 2009, Article ID 791017, 8 pages, 2009. doi:10.1155/2009/791017
- Ottaviani, C., Shapiro, D., Couyoumdjian, A. (2013) Flexibility as the key for somatic health: From mind wandering to perseverative cognition. Biological Psychology, 94(1), 38-43.
- Thayer JF & Brosschot JF (2000c) Delayed cardiovascular recovery: perseverative thinking and vagal inhibition. Psychophysiology, 37, S13.
- Watkins, E.R (2008) Constructive and unconstructive repetitive though. Psychological Bulletin, 134(2), 163-206.
- Zoccola, P.M., Dickerson, S.D. & Yim, I. S. (2011) Trait and state perseverative cognition and the cortisol awakening response 1: Psychoneuroendocrinology, 36(4), 592-595.