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16-04-2025 | Original Article

Does Negative Judgment of Emotion Influence Mood and Rumination? Testing the Impact of a Judgment Induction Procedure

Auteurs: Samantha Moshier, Monifer Vaca Solares, Kira Jamieson

Gepubliceerd in: Cognitive Therapy and Research

Abstract

Purpose

The tendency to negatively judge one’s thoughts and feelings has been linked with depressive symptoms, but the mechanisms of this association are not well understood. To study the causal influence of judgment of one’s inner experience on emotional experiencing, we developed a lab procedure designed to induce a temporary sense of judgment of one’s negative emotions. We tested its effects on emotion intensity and state rumination following sad mood induction, and examined whether depressive symptom severity moderated these effects.

Methods

Participants were assigned to the judgment induction condition (n = 44) or control condition (n = 45). Those in the judgment induction condition read and summarized a sham advertisement describing the harmful impact of negative emotions, while the control group read and summarized a neutral infographic. Participants then underwent a sad mood induction, after which we measured state affect and judgment of emotion. After a 5-min no-task delay period designed to allow for engagement in spontaneous rumination, we assessed state rumination and re-assessed state affect.

Results

Following the experimental manipulation and mood induction, the judgment induction group reported higher negative judgment of emotion than the control group (b = 8.43, p =.034). There was a significant time by condition interaction on sadness ratings (F (1.92, 163.32) = 4.68, p =.012, η_p² =.05); although both groups experienced a similar increase in sadness from pre- to immediately post-mood induction, the judgment induction group had not recovered from the mood induction as fully as controls five minutes later. Finally, condition interacted with depression symptom severity to predict state rumination (b = 7.05, p =.019). Specifically, relative to controls, the judgment induction led to increased rumination among those with greater depression symptom severity.

Conclusions

Findings support the validity of a procedure for inducing a temporary sense of negative judgment of one’s negative emotions. Judging one’s negative feelings may slow recovery from sad mood states, and among those with increased depression symptoms, may increase engagement in rumination.

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Titel: Does Negative Judgment of Emotion Influence Mood and Rumination? Testing the Impact of a Judgment Induction Procedure
Auteurs: Samantha Moshier
Monifer Vaca Solares
Kira Jamieson
Publicatiedatum: 16-04-2025
Uitgeverij: Springer US
Gepubliceerd in: Cognitive Therapy and Research
Print ISSN: 0147-5916
Elektronisch ISSN: 1573-2819
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10608-025-10603-3

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