TAP reading note: The perseverative cognition hypothesis: a review of worry, prolonged stress-related physiological activation, and health

What the study found

The perseverative-cognition hypothesis proposes that worry and rumination can prolong activation before or after a stressful event. It directs attention to what continues after the external demand has stopped.

Scope & limitations

Theoretical review of worry, rumination, anticipation and physiological activation.

The paper develops a hypothesis with preliminary supporting evidence. It does not imply that all reflection is harmful or that a thought can be converted into a measurable quantity of allostatic load.

Population & sample

Theoretical review of worry, rumination, anticipation and physiological activation.

Exposure or intervention

Persistent worry, rumination and anticipatory stress.

Outcomes

Cardiovascular, endocrine, immune and neurovisceral activation discussed across studies.

Time frame

Activation before and after events; no single observation period across the review.

Research funding

Not yet checked against the full publication.

Research conflicts of interest

Not yet checked against the full publication.

Reading scope

Based on the original publication’s abstract and bibliographic record. This is a selected reading note, not a systematic appraisal.

References

1. Brosschot JF, Gerin W, Thayer JF (2006). The perseverative cognition hypothesis: a review of worry, prolonged stress-related physiological activation, and health. Journal of psychosomatic research. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpsychores.2005.06.074

Publication record

TAP-RDN-0016 · v0.1 · English

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