title: The role of repetitive thought in determining posttraumatic growth and distress following interpersonal trauma.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Repetitive thought (RT) strategies have been linked to a range of negative outcomes following traumatic interpersonal events but are proposed to serve an adaptive function under particular circumstances. This study examined outcomes following RT within a transdiagnostic framework, and explored the potentially adaptive nature of trait-like and event-related RT.
  
  
  METHODS
  The centrality of a traumatic event to one's identity was explored as a context under which the adaptive nature of RT might change. Young adults with interpersonal violence experiences (N = 163) reported use of trait-like and event-related RT, centrality of the event, depressive, anxious, and posttraumatic stress symptoms (PTSS), posttraumatic depreciation and posttraumatic growth.
  
  
  METHODS
  Hierarchical multiple regression analyses were used to examine main and moderating effects of four types of RT and event centrality on outcome variables.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Centrality positively predicted depressive symptoms and PTSS, depreciation, and growth. Brooding RT positively predicted all negative outcomes. Reflecting RT positively predicted anxious symptoms and PTSS and depreciation. Only deliberate RT positively predicted growth. Centrality did not moderate any examined relationships.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Findings highlight the importance of addressing specific types of RT in interventions with survivors and of considering centrality as a robust contributor to outcomes following interpersonal violence.
authors: a Department of Psychology , Miami University , 90 North Patterson Avenue, Psychology Building, Room 100 G, Oxford , OH 45056 , USA.
authors: Lucy Jane
authors: LJ
authors: Allbaugh
authors: a Department of Psychology , Miami University , 90 North Patterson Avenue, Psychology Building, Room 100 G, Oxford , OH 45056 , USA.
authors: Margaret O'Dougherty
authors: MO
authors: Wright
authors: a Department of Psychology , Miami University , 90 North Patterson Avenue, Psychology Building, Room 100 G, Oxford , OH 45056 , USA.
authors: Susan F
authors: SF
authors: Folger
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D003072:Cognition Disorders / Q000150:complications* / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008016:Life Change Events; D008297:Male; D013313:Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic / Q000150:complications* / Q000523:psychology*; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013850:Thinking; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: event centrality; posttraumatic growth; posttraumatic stress; repetitive thought; transdiagnostic implications