The role of concreteness in repetitive negative thinking: Temporal dynamics and the predictive value for depression throughout psychological treatment
Concrete thinking is consistently related to depression and improves over the course of effective psychological treatment. However, the current findings do not suggest that changes in concreteness predict subsequent reduction of depression levels. Future research should explore long-term temporal dynamics between RNT concreteness and depression to evaluate the potential of concreteness as a mechanism of change in psychological treatments in more detail. The clinical trial is registered at clinicaltrials.gov (NCT03287362).
Authors
- Jeanette Tamm (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2450-9496)
- Thomas Ehring (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9502-6868)
- Johannes Kopf‐Beck (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0368-3930)
- Zoe Spock (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4400-9061)
- C Müller (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1639-8864)
- Sarah V Kirchler
Institutions
- University of Surrey (GB)
- Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry (DE)
- Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Behaviour Research and Therapy
- Published
- 2025-06-11
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.brat.2025.104801
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Mental Health Research Topics
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.12
Funders
- Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung
- Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München