The prediction of rumination and worry based on the ability to control thought and cognitive behavioral avoidance in students university with clinical depression

Subject Areas : Educational

raziyeh  ahmadpour ¹ (Clinical psychology, Education and Psychology Department, Islamic Azad University, Isfahan (Khorasgan) Branch, Isfahan, Iran)
hajar  torkan ² (Assistant professor, Department of Psychology, Community heath research centre, Isfahan (Khorasgan) branch, Isfahan, Iran.)

Received: 2019-04-29 Accepted : 2020-11-07 Published : 2022-08-23

Keywords: clinical depression, worry, cognitive behavioral avoidance, ability of thought control, rumination,

Abstract :

The purpose of this study was to predict rumination and worry based on the ability to control thought and cognitive behavioral avoidance in students with clinical depression. For this purpose, a sample of 150 students with clinical depression (100 women and 50 men) were selected using multi-stage random sampling. In order to collect information from the Thought Control Ability Questionnaire (TCAQ, Luchiano, 2005), Cognitive Behavioral Avoidance Scale (CBAS, Ottenbreit, 2004), rumination scale (Nolen-Hoeksema, 1991), Penn State Worry Questionnaire (PSWQ, Meyer, 1990) and Beck Depression Inventory (BDI-II, Beck, 1996) and demographic characteristics. The results of regression analysis showed that the ability of thought control and behavioral cognitive avoidance together significantly predict 32.5% of rumination variance and 28.9% of worry variance in students suffering from clinical depression which these values are reliable at the level (p < 0.5). The findings of this study indicate that behavioral avoidance is more predictive than cognitive avoidance of anxiety.

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