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Reduced attention towards accomplishments mediates the effect of self-critical rumination on regret

Jens Allaert (UGent) , Rudi De Raedt (UGent) , Alvaro Sanchez Lopez (UGent) , Hanne September and Marie-Anne Vanderhasselt (UGent)
(2023) COGNITIVE THERAPY AND RESEARCH. 476(3). p.399-411
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Background: Rumination is associated with counterfactual thinking (CFT) and regret, but underlying mechanisms in this association are uninvestigated. Rumination is characterized by attentional biases and focusing attention towards accomplishments versus lost opportunities influences CFT and regret. The goal of this study was to investigate the association between self-critical rumination and attention towards accomplishments and lost opportunities, and how this may underly the link between rumination and CFT and regret. Methods: Hundred healthy female participants performed a risk-taking task while (a) attention towards accomplishments and lost opportunities, and (b) self-reported CFT and regret were measured. Results: Analyses showed that participants with high (versus low) rumination tendencies focused less on accomplishments, and this mediated the association between rumination and regret. Conclusion: These findings suggest that reduced attention towards accomplishments may be an underlying mechanism in the link between rumination and regret, and interventions could target this attentional bias for therapeutic benefit.
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Clinical Psychology, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Attentional bias, Attentional deployment, Regret, Counterfactual thinking, Self-critical rumination, LEFT VISUAL-FIELD, COUNTERFACTUAL THINKING, INDIVIDUAL-DIFFERENCES, POSITIVE ILLUSIONS, EMOTION REGULATION, TRAIT RUMINATION, RISK-TAKING, DEPRESSION, BIAS, DEPLOYMENT

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MLA
Allaert, Jens, et al. “Reduced Attention towards Accomplishments Mediates the Effect of Self-Critical Rumination on Regret.” COGNITIVE THERAPY AND RESEARCH, vol. 476, no. 3, 2023, pp. 399–411, doi:10.1007/s10608-023-10367-8.
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Allaert, J., De Raedt, R., Sanchez Lopez, A., September, H., & Vanderhasselt, M.-A. (2023). Reduced attention towards accomplishments mediates the effect of self-critical rumination on regret. COGNITIVE THERAPY AND RESEARCH, 476(3), 399–411. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10608-023-10367-8
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Allaert, Jens, Rudi De Raedt, Alvaro Sanchez Lopez, Hanne September, and Marie-Anne Vanderhasselt. 2023. “Reduced Attention towards Accomplishments Mediates the Effect of Self-Critical Rumination on Regret.” COGNITIVE THERAPY AND RESEARCH 476 (3): 399–411. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10608-023-10367-8.
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Allaert, Jens, Rudi De Raedt, Alvaro Sanchez Lopez, Hanne September, and Marie-Anne Vanderhasselt. 2023. “Reduced Attention towards Accomplishments Mediates the Effect of Self-Critical Rumination on Regret.” COGNITIVE THERAPY AND RESEARCH 476 (3): 399–411. doi:10.1007/s10608-023-10367-8.
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Allaert J, De Raedt R, Sanchez Lopez A, September H, Vanderhasselt M-A. Reduced attention towards accomplishments mediates the effect of self-critical rumination on regret. COGNITIVE THERAPY AND RESEARCH. 2023;476(3):399–411.
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J. Allaert, R. De Raedt, A. Sanchez Lopez, H. September, and M.-A. Vanderhasselt, “Reduced attention towards accomplishments mediates the effect of self-critical rumination on regret,” COGNITIVE THERAPY AND RESEARCH, vol. 476, no. 3, pp. 399–411, 2023.
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Rumination is associated with counterfactual thinking (CFT) and regret, but underlying mechanisms in this association are uninvestigated. Rumination is characterized by attentional biases and focusing attention towards accomplishments versus lost opportunities influences CFT and regret. The goal of this study was to investigate the association between self-critical rumination and attention towards accomplishments and lost opportunities, and how this may underly the link between rumination and CFT and regret. 

Methods: 
Hundred healthy female participants performed a risk-taking task while (a) attention towards accomplishments and lost opportunities, and (b) self-reported CFT and regret were measured. 

Results: 
Analyses showed that participants with high (versus low) rumination tendencies focused less on accomplishments, and this mediated the association between rumination and regret. 

Conclusion: 
These findings suggest that reduced attention towards accomplishments may be an underlying mechanism in the link between rumination and regret, and interventions could target this attentional bias for therapeutic benefit.}},
  author       = {{Allaert, Jens and De Raedt, Rudi and Sanchez Lopez, Alvaro and September, Hanne and Vanderhasselt, Marie-Anne}},
  issn         = {{0147-5916}},
  journal      = {{COGNITIVE THERAPY AND RESEARCH}},
  keywords     = {{Clinical Psychology,Experimental and Cognitive Psychology,Attentional bias,Attentional deployment,Regret,Counterfactual thinking,Self-critical rumination,LEFT VISUAL-FIELD,COUNTERFACTUAL THINKING,INDIVIDUAL-DIFFERENCES,POSITIVE ILLUSIONS,EMOTION REGULATION,TRAIT RUMINATION,RISK-TAKING,DEPRESSION,BIAS,DEPLOYMENT}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{3}},
  pages        = {{399--411}},
  title        = {{Reduced attention towards accomplishments mediates the effect of self-critical rumination on regret}},
  url          = {{http://doi.org/10.1007/s10608-023-10367-8}},
  volume       = {{476}},
  year         = {{2023}},
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