Differential associations between rumination and intelligence subtypes

Although prior theory suggests that rumination contributes to cognitive impairments associated with depression, recent work suggests that rumination is associated with higher levels of intelligence. The present study examined the relations between two ruminative subtypes (brooding and reflective pon...

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Veröffentlicht in:Intelligence (Norwood) 2020-01, Vol.78, p.101420, Article 101420
Hauptverfasser: du Pont, Alta, Karbin, Zoe, Rhee, Soo Hyun, Corley, Robin P., Hewitt, John K., Friedman, Naomi P.
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Zusammenfassung:Although prior theory suggests that rumination contributes to cognitive impairments associated with depression, recent work suggests that rumination is associated with higher levels of intelligence. The present study examined the relations between two ruminative subtypes (brooding and reflective pondering) and multiple measures and types of intelligence (verbal and performance) after controlling for rumination's overlapping variance with depression. Participants were 751 individuals from the Colorado Longitudinal Twin Study who completed the Ruminative Response Scale; the Center for Epidemiological Studies–Depression Scale and a fully structured clinical interview as measures of depression; and verbal and performance intelligence tasks at age 16 and the Raven's Advanced Progressive Matrices at age 23. Reflective pondering was positively associated with all measures of intelligence, whereas brooding was not associated with intelligence. Our findings indicate that any negative associations between rumination and intelligence are attributable to shared variance with depression, and that examination of rumination as a multifaceted construct may provide new insights into the relations between rumination and cognition. •Examined relations between ruminative subtypes and intelligence.•Reflective pondering was positively associated with all measures of intelligence.•Brooding was not associated with intelligence.•Negative rumination-intelligence relations are due to shared variance with depression.
ISSN:0160-2896
1873-7935
DOI:10.1016/j.intell.2019.101420