Abstract
College students often experience health problems, but approaches are needed to determine those that are most vulnerable. This study examined whether perseverative cognitions (PCs) represent a comm...
Highlights
Many factors may contribute to mental and physical health issues, identifying common risk factors is important as it suggests the potential to efficiently use interventions to promote health and resilience
This paper extends prior work to examine whether engagement in perseverative cognitions (PCs) is a common risk factor for poor mental health and physical health complaints in college students
We focused on posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms (Boals & Hathaway, 2010; Frazier et al, 2009), general self-reported mental health (Eisenberg, Hunt, Speer, & Zivin, 2011), and general reported physical health complaints (El Ansari, Oskrochi, & Stock, 2013), which are highly prevalent among college students and are each predictive of worse future health and mortality (Chida & Steptoe, 2008; Xu & Roberts, 2010)
Summary
Many factors may contribute to mental and physical health issues, identifying common risk factors ( those that are malleable) is important as it suggests the potential to efficiently use interventions to promote health and resilience. An example of PCs might include repeatedly thinking about one’s potential performance on an upcoming exam and the potential for failure without reflecting on ways to improve and prepare These negative and repetitive thoughts can result in worse cognitive and emotional states, including more depressed mood and pessimism (Lyubomirsky & Nolen-Hoeksema, 1995), angrier mood (Rusting & NolenHoeksema, 1998), more anxiety and difficulty concentrating (McLaughlin, Borkovec, & Sibrava, 2007), and less effective problem solving (Lyubomirsky & Nolen-Hoeksema, 1995). These dysphoric emotional and cognitive states may predispose individuals to various poor mental and physical health outcomes (Rawson, Bloomer, & Kendall, 1994)
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