Koshikawa Fusako; Arai Mei; Abe Tetsuri; Ishikawa Haruyuki; Muta Toshizumi The Proceedings of the Annual Convention of the Japanese Psychological Association 84- PM-027 -PM-027 2020/09
Abe Tetsuri; Muta Toshizumi; Ishikawa Haruyuki; Koshikawa Fusako The Proceedings of the Annual Convention of the Japanese Psychological Association 84- PD-145 -PD-145 2020/09
Muta Toshizumi; Abe Tetsuri; Ishikawa Haruyuki; Noda Moeka; Koshikawa Fusako The Proceedings of the Annual Convention of the Japanese Psychological Association 84- PH-027 -PH-027 2020/09
Ishikawa Haruyuki; Koshikawa Fusako; Arimura Tatsuyuki; Adachi Tomonori; Amano Tamaki; Shiro Yukiko; Miyata Hiromitsu; Ichii Masaya The Proceedings of the Annual Convention of the Japanese Psychological Association 84- SS-028 -SS-028 2020/09
Muta Toshizumi; Koshikawa Fusako; Ishikawa Haruyuki; Inoue Kazuya; Matsuno Kodai; Matsubara Takako; Sugamura Genji The Proceedings of the Annual Convention of the Japanese Psychological Association 84- SS-033 -SS-033 2020/09
Tanaka Otona; Ishikawa Haruyuki; Maekawa Manami; Kitamura Fumiaki; Matsuura Motoko The Proceedings of the Annual Convention of the Japanese Psychological Association 79- (0) SS-079 -SS-079 2015/09
Ishikawa Haruyuki; Koshikawa Fusako The Proceedings of the Annual Convention of the Japanese Psychological Association 79- (0) 1EV-113 -1EV-113 2015/09
Ishikawa Haruyuki; Koshikawa Fusako The Proceedings of the Annual Convention of the Japanese Psychological Association 78- 2AM-2-010 -2AM-2-010 2014/09
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science:Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research
Date (from‐to) : 2018/08 -2020/03
Author : Ishikawa Haruyuki
Negative repetitive thought (rumination) is suggested to be caused by excessive attention focusing on negative object. Distraction is effective on reducing rumination. However, it is also suggested that the avoidance or suppression of negative thought by using distraction could subsequently lead to maladaptive consequences. This study investigated the effect of dividing-attention distraction, a new strategy involving thinking about unpleasant past event while engaging in distraction.
Results suggested that although distraction which aims to suppress negative thought was effective on reducing negative mood immediately, it might worsen depressive symptom and exacerbated negative mood accompanied with rumination in the long term. On the other hand, it was suggested that dividing-attention distraction could decrease rumination by preventing concentrating attention on unpleasant object and mitigating negative thought.