Open AccessDuration of Perseverative Thinking as Related to Perceived Stress and Blood Pressure: An Ambulatory Monitoring Study
Author(s) -
John Birk,
Talea Cornelius,
Donald Edmondson,
Joseph Schwartz
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
psychosomatic medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.62
H-Index - 187
eISSN - 1534-7796
pISSN - 0033-3174
DOI - 10.1097/psy.0000000000000727
Subject(s) - perseveration , rumination , psychology , worry , blood pressure , distress , diastole , ambulatory , mental health , developmental psychology , feeling , anxiety , clinical psychology , medicine , cognition , psychiatry , social psychology
Psychological distress may be intensified and prolonged by perseverative thinking (e.g., rumination, worry). The tendency to engage frequently in perseverative thinking has been linked to increased blood pressure (BP). Research is needed to investigate the physiological consequences of time spent perseverating by testing the momentary association between the duration of perseverative thinking and BP. The present study examines the extent to which the duration of perseverative thinking is associated with momentary perceived stress and ambulatory BP elevations during daily life.