Me. Addis et Km. Carpenter, Why, why, why?: Reason-giving and rumination as predictors of response to activation- and insight-oriented treatment rationales, J CLIN PSYC, 55(7), 1999, pp. 881-894
This study examines the relationships among the reasons a person offers for
depression, the tendency to ruminate in response to depression, and reacti
ons to activation-oriented (AO) or insight-oriented (IO) treatment rational
es. Adults from the community (N = 51) completed self-report measures of re
ason-giving and rumination and rated the credibility of, and personal react
ions to, AO and IO rationales presented in written and videotape formats. P
articipants who gave more reasons for depression also tended to ruminate mo
re in response to depressed mood. Reason-giving and rumination predicted lo
wer credibility ratings and more negative personal reactions to the AO rati
onale. Although no relationship was found between these variables and respo
nse to the IO rationale, specific reasons were associated with different re
actions to the two rationales. We discuss the roles of reason-giving and ru
mination in predicting responses to psychotherapies for depression. (C) 199
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