Early Emergence of Rumination has no Association with Performance on a Non-affective Inhibitory Control Task

Leah R Thomas; Katie L Bessette; Melinda Westlund Schreiner; Alina K Dillahunt; Summer B Frandsen; Stephanie L Pocius; Briana Lee Schubert; Brian W Farstead; Henrietta Roberts; Edward R Watkins; Patricia K Kerig; Sheila E Crowell; Scott A Langenecker

doi:10.1007/s10578-022-01484-8

Early Emergence of Rumination has no Association with Performance on a Non-affective Inhibitory Control Task

Child Psychiatry Hum Dev. 2023 Jan 13:1-17. doi: 10.1007/s10578-022-01484-8. Online ahead of print.

Authors

Leah R Thomas^{1

2}, Katie L Bessette^{3

4

5}, Melinda Westlund Schreiner³, Alina K Dillahunt³, Summer B Frandsen³, Stephanie L Pocius³, Briana Lee Schubert³, Brian W Farstead³, Henrietta Roberts⁶, Edward R Watkins⁶, Patricia K Kerig⁷, Sheila E Crowell^{3

7

8}, Scott A Langenecker³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Psychiatry, Huntsman Mental Health Institute, University of Utah, 501 Chipeta Way, 84108, Salt Lake City, UT, USA. u1264086@umail.utah.edu.
² Department of Psychology, University of Utah, 84112, Salt Lake City, UT, USA. u1264086@umail.utah.edu.
³ Department of Psychiatry, Huntsman Mental Health Institute, University of Utah, 501 Chipeta Way, 84108, Salt Lake City, UT, USA.
⁴ Department of Psychology, University of Illinois at Chicago, 60607, Chicago, IL, USA.
⁵ Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, University of California Los Angeles, 90024, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
⁶ Department of Psychology, University of Exeter, Exeter, UK.
⁷ Department of Psychology, University of Utah, 84112, Salt Lake City, UT, USA.
⁸ Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Utah, 84112, Salt Lake City, UT, USA.

Abstract

Rumination is a vulnerability for depression and potentially linked to inhibitory control weaknesses. We aimed to replicate the association observed in adults between inhibitory control and rumination in adolescents, and to examine putative moderating roles of childhood maltreatment and perceived family cohesion in an adolescent sample at risk for depression due to familial/personal history. Ninety adolescents aged 11-17 (M = 14.6, SD = 1.8) completed self-report scales of rumination, maltreatment, and family cohesion, and performed a task assessing inhibitory control. Hierarchical regression models showed no significant relation between inhibitory control and moderator variables on rumination. However, adolescents who reported higher levels of maltreatment and who perceived lower family cohesion tended to indicate higher levels of rumination (B_{Chilhood Maltreatment} = 27.52, 95% CIs [5.63, 49.41], B_{Family Cohesion} = -0.40, 95% CIs [-0.65, -0.15]). These findings demonstrate an alternative understanding of factors that increase depression onset risk and recurrence in adolescents.

Keywords: Adolescence; Childhood maltreatment; Family support; Inhibitory control; Rumination.

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