Studies // Cited work
The perseverative cognition hypothesis: A review of worry, prolonged stress-related physiological activation, and health
Brosschot, J. F., Gerin, W., & Thayer, J. F. (2006). The perseverative cognition hypothesis: A review of worry, prolonged stress-related physiological activation, and health.
Level D Review doi:10.1016/j.jpsychores.2005.06.074
What this study supports
Supports the claim that worry, rumination and anticipatory stress are associated with enhanced cardiovascular, endocrine, immune and neurovisceral activity, which the authors describe as preliminary support for the perseverative cognition hypothesis.
- Who was studied
- Not applicable: a narrative review of studies on worry, rumination and physiological activation.
- Design
- Review
- Level of evidence
- Cross-sectional, observational, qualitative work and narrative reviews.
Claims that rest on it
Each claim states what the site asserts, at what strength, and with what caveat.
EmpiricalLevel DConfidence MODERATE
Stress research has often measured reactivity without reporting recovery, and worry and rumination are associated with prolonged cardiovascular, endocrine and immune activation beyond the stressor itself.
- Scope
- Laboratory and ambulatory psychophysiology in mostly healthy adults.
- Caveat
- The perseverative cognition hypothesis was described by its authors as having preliminary support; associations do not establish effects on disease.
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