A five-factor model of perseverative thought.
A five-factor model of perseverative thought.
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10.1037/abn0000737
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2022-04
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Caulfield, M Kathleen
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Hallion, Lauren S;Wright, Aidan G C;Joormann, Jutta;Kusmierski, Susan N;Coutanche, Marc N;Caulfield, M Kathleen
Like diagnostic status, clinically-relevant thought remains overwhelmingly conceptualized in terms of discrete categories (e.g., worry; rumination; obsessions). However, definitions can vary widely. The area of perseverative thought (or clinically-relevant thought more broadly) would benefit substantially from a consensus-based, empirically-grounded taxonomy similar to the Hierarchical Taxonomy of Psychopathology (HiTOP) or the “Big Five” for personality. This paper addresses three major barriers to establishing such a taxonomy: 1) a lack of research explicitly comparing categorical (subtype) versus dimensional models; 2) primary reliance on between-person measures rather than modeling at the level of the thought (within-person); 3) insufficient emphasis on replication and refinement. Participants included an unselected crowdsourced sample (790 observations from 286 participants) and an independent anxious-depressed replication sample (808 observations from 277 participants). Participants made dimensional ratings for three idiographic clinically-relevant thoughts on a range of features. Multilevel latent class analysis and multilevel exploratory factor analysis were applied to identify and extract natural patterns of covariation among features at the level of the thought, controlling for person-level tendencies. A consistent five-dimension solution emerged across both samples and reliably outperformed the best-fitting categorical solution in terms of fit, replicability, and explanatory power. Identified dimensions were dyscontrol, self-focus, valence, interpersonal, and uncertainty. Findings support a five-factor latent structure of PT. Theoretical, empirical, and clinical implications and future directions are discussed. Difficult-to-control thoughts are common across a wide range of psychological problems, including anxiety, depression, and related emotional mental health concerns. In clinical research and practice, these thoughts are often described in terms of mutually exclusive categories, such as “worry,” “obsessions,” or “rumination,” but these categories may not be the most accurate way to organize and define thoughts. In two independent samples, we show that thoughts do not naturally group into categories. Instead, we find five underlying dimensions (uncontrollability; valence; self-focus; interpersonal; and uncertainty) along which difficult-to-control thoughts differ.