Lost in Thoughts - A Quantitative Study About Repetitive Thinking, Gaze Behavior and Experiences of Distress
(2021) PSPR14 20211Department of Psychology
- Abstract
- The purpose of the present study was to investigate if and how repetitive negative thinking (RNT) influences the level of experienced distress during recall of images of neutral and negative content, and how such effects might be modulated by gaze behavior. Another aim was to study whether RNT and image content influences participants’ gaze behavior. The data that was analyzed in this thesis was previously collected by students at Lund University under supervision of Sabine Schönfeld and Roger Johansson. Eye-tracking was used to monitor 68 participants’ gaze behavior during recall. Ratings were used to capture experienced distress and a questionnaire was used to classify RNT. Results of the present study showed a main effect of RNT on two... (More)
- The purpose of the present study was to investigate if and how repetitive negative thinking (RNT) influences the level of experienced distress during recall of images of neutral and negative content, and how such effects might be modulated by gaze behavior. Another aim was to study whether RNT and image content influences participants’ gaze behavior. The data that was analyzed in this thesis was previously collected by students at Lund University under supervision of Sabine Schönfeld and Roger Johansson. Eye-tracking was used to monitor 68 participants’ gaze behavior during recall. Ratings were used to capture experienced distress and a questionnaire was used to classify RNT. Results of the present study showed a main effect of RNT on two distress ratings. The results did not support the prediction that gaze behavior would have an influence on the interplay between RNT and experienced distress. However, an exploratory analysis of gaze behavior, RNT and image type revealed that participants with high versus low RNT experience distress differently depending on how much they look back towards the position where the recalled content was originally encoded. (Less)
- Abstract (Swedish)
- Syftet med denna studie var att undersöka om och hur repetitivt negativt tänkande (RNT) påverkar nivån av upplevt obehag under återkallning av neutralt och negativt laddade bilder, samt hur blickbeteenden modulerar sådana effekter. Ett annat syfte var att studera huruvida RNT och bildinnehåll påverkar deltagarnas blickbeteende. Datan som analyserades i denna studie hade sedan tidigare blivit insamlad av studenter på Lunds universitet under handledning av Sabine Schönfeld och Roger Johansson. Ögonrörelser användes för att mäta 68 deltagares blickbeteenden under återkallning. Skattningsfrågor användes för att mäta upplevelser av obehag och självskattningsformulär användes för att ge ett mått på RNT. Resultaten av denna studie visade att RNT... (More)
- Syftet med denna studie var att undersöka om och hur repetitivt negativt tänkande (RNT) påverkar nivån av upplevt obehag under återkallning av neutralt och negativt laddade bilder, samt hur blickbeteenden modulerar sådana effekter. Ett annat syfte var att studera huruvida RNT och bildinnehåll påverkar deltagarnas blickbeteende. Datan som analyserades i denna studie hade sedan tidigare blivit insamlad av studenter på Lunds universitet under handledning av Sabine Schönfeld och Roger Johansson. Ögonrörelser användes för att mäta 68 deltagares blickbeteenden under återkallning. Skattningsfrågor användes för att mäta upplevelser av obehag och självskattningsformulär användes för att ge ett mått på RNT. Resultaten av denna studie visade att RNT hade en huvudeffekt på två skattningar av obehag under återkallning. Vidare fanns det inget stöd för hypotesen om att blickbeteende skulle påverka samspelet mellan RNT och upplevt obehag. Dock visade en explorativ analys av blickbeteende, RNT och bildtyp att deltagare med högt respektive lågt RNT upplevde obehag på olika sätt beroende på hur mycket de tittade tillbaka i området där bilden som skulle återkallas tidigare hade kodats in. (Less)
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- author
- Ahmadi, Bahar Masooda LU and Olsson, Ebba LU
- supervisor
- organization
- course
- PSPR14 20211
- year
- 2021
- type
- H3 - Professional qualifications (4 Years - )
- subject
- keywords
- Repetitive negative thinking, rumination, worry, eye-tracking, gaze behavior, looking at nothing, recall, repetitivt negativt tänkande, ruminering, oro, ögonspårning, blickbeteende, återkallning
- language
- English
- id
- 9048797
- date added to LUP
- 2021-06-07 08:44:41
- date last changed
- 2021-06-07 08:44:41
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abstract = {{The purpose of the present study was to investigate if and how repetitive negative thinking (RNT) influences the level of experienced distress during recall of images of neutral and negative content, and how such effects might be modulated by gaze behavior. Another aim was to study whether RNT and image content influences participants’ gaze behavior. The data that was analyzed in this thesis was previously collected by students at Lund University under supervision of Sabine Schönfeld and Roger Johansson. Eye-tracking was used to monitor 68 participants’ gaze behavior during recall. Ratings were used to capture experienced distress and a questionnaire was used to classify RNT. Results of the present study showed a main effect of RNT on two distress ratings. The results did not support the prediction that gaze behavior would have an influence on the interplay between RNT and experienced distress. However, an exploratory analysis of gaze behavior, RNT and image type revealed that participants with high versus low RNT experience distress differently depending on how much they look back towards the position where the recalled content was originally encoded.}},
author = {{Ahmadi, Bahar Masooda and Olsson, Ebba}},
language = {{eng}},
note = {{Student Paper}},
title = {{Lost in Thoughts - A Quantitative Study About Repetitive Thinking, Gaze Behavior and Experiences of Distress}},
year = {{2021}},
}