2023
“Don't [ruminate], be happy”: A cognitive perspective linking depression and anhedonia
Rutherford A, McDougle S, Joormann J. “Don't [ruminate], be happy”: A cognitive perspective linking depression and anhedonia. Clinical Psychology Review 2023, 101: 102255. PMID: 36871425, DOI: 10.1016/j.cpr.2023.102255.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPositive affectNegative affectSustained negative affectCognitive constructsCognitive theoryCognitive perspectiveLack of pleasureCognitive deficitsSpecific thoughtsIntervention effortsDifferent theoretical lensesAffectRuminationAnhedoniaDeficitsExtant literatureMemoryDepressionHallmark featureComputational modelingTheoretical lensesEnvironmental cuesLess focusDebilitating disorderCues
2013
The Relational Theory of Attention: Implications for the Processing of Emotional Stimuli in Psychological Disorders
Joormann J, Arditte K. The Relational Theory of Attention: Implications for the Processing of Emotional Stimuli in Psychological Disorders. Australian Psychologist 2013, 48: 399-401. DOI: 10.1111/ap.12040.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchEmotional disordersCurrent cognitive theoriesRelational theoryEmotion regulationCognitive processesCognitive theoryIrrelevant informationEmotionsContext dependenceCentral characteristicsBiasesDisordersAttentionCognitionComplex environmentsRelevant informationResearchAnxietyMemoryGreater emphasisTheoryDifferent waysNew informationImportant findingImportant questions
2010
Cognitive Inhibition and Emotion Regulation in Depression
Joormann J. Cognitive Inhibition and Emotion Regulation in Depression. Current Directions In Psychological Science 2010, 19: 161-166. DOI: 10.1177/0963721410370293.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCognitive inhibitionEmotion regulationNegative affectNegative materialContents of WMRegulation of emotionMood-congruent cognitionNegative thinkingSad moodNegative contentInhibition deficitsDepressed peopleHindering recoveryFuture researchWMAffectDepressionOutline implicationsDeficitsPeopleEmotionsCognitionMemoryRecallMood
2005
Emotional Intensity of Idiographic Sad Memories in Depression Predicts Symptom Levels 1 Year Later
Rottenberg J, Joormann J, Brozovich F, Gotlib I. Emotional Intensity of Idiographic Sad Memories in Depression Predicts Symptom Levels 1 Year Later. Emotion 2005, 5: 238-242. PMID: 15982090, DOI: 10.1037/1528-3542.5.2.238.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCue-word paradigmEmotional intensitySad memoriesLow emotional intensityDepressive symptomsSad wordsImpoverished memoryAutobiographical memoryAutobiographical eventsEmotional disclosureDepressed sampleDepressed individualsLongitudinal findingsParticipants' levelMemoryLifetime eventsLevels 1 yearEtiological significanceSymptomatic courseParadigmSadnessHigh levelsWordsParticipantsSymptoms
2004
Coherence and Specificity of Information-Processing Biases in Depression and Social Phobia
Gotlib I, Kasch K, Traill S, Joormann J, Arnow B, Johnson S. Coherence and Specificity of Information-Processing Biases in Depression and Social Phobia. Journal Of Psychopathology And Clinical Science 2004, 113: 386-398. PMID: 15311984, DOI: 10.1037/0021-843x.113.3.386.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInformation-processing biasSocial phobiaInformation-processing biasesInformation-processing tasksThreat stimuliCognitive biasPositive stimuliCognitive theoryPhobic participantsMemory processingDepressed participantsThemes of lossSpecific biasesSadnessPhobiaBiasesMemoryParticipantsDepressionStimuliAxis IDifferent measuresTaskMajor depressionAttention