Table 3.
Thought content and dynamic correlates of trait brooding.
| Content | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LIWC | Partial r (p) | CI95 | Manual coding | Partial r (p) | CI95 |
| % Positive words | − .0.4 (0.34) | [− .0.40; − 0.14] | |||
| % Negative words | 0.32 (0.023)* | [0.05; 0.55] | Valence | − 0.30 (0.031)* | [− 0.53;− .0.03] |
| % Past words | 0.36 (0.009)** | [0.10; 0.58] | Past | 0.36 (0.010)* | [0.09; 0.58] |
| % Future words | − .0.06 (0.66) | [− .0.33; 0.22] | Future | − .0.07 (0.62) | [− .0.34; 0.21] |
| % 1st person pronouns | 0.31 (0.028)* | [0.04; 0.54] | Self-focus | 0.19 (0.19) | [− 0.09; 0.44] |
| % Internal | 0.18 (0.20) | [− 0.10; 0.44] | |||
| % External /Perceptually-coupled | − 0.16 (0.26) | [− 0.42; 0.12] | |||
| % interoceptive | − .0.3 (0.37) | [− 0.39; 0.15] | |||
| Dynamics | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Duration | Partial r (p) | CI95 | Affective transition probability | Partial r (p) | CI95 |
| Total word count | − 0.29 (0.041)* | [− 0.52;− .0.01] | Positive to positive | − 0.31 (0.025)* | [− .0.54;− .0.04] |
| Total # of thoughts | − .0.12 (0.42) | [− .0.38; 0.17] | Positive to neutral | 0.18 (0.21) | [− .0.09; 0.44] |
| Total # of strong transitions | − .0.13 (0.36) | [− .0.39; 0.15] | Positive to negative | − .0.01 (0.96) | [− .0.05; 0.27] |
| Total # of associative transitions | 0.01 (0.93) | [− 0.26; 0.29] | Neutral to positive | − 0.04 (0.78) | [− .0.31; 0.24] |
| Duration thought | 0.00 (0.98) | [− 0.28; 0.27] | Neutral to neutral | − .0.02 (0.92) | [− 0.29; 0.26] |
| Duration positive thoughts | − 0.27 (0.051)† | [− .0.51; 0.00] | Neutral to negative | 0.05 (0.73) | [− 0.32; 0.23] |
| Duration neutral thoughts | − .0.08 (0.56) | [− 0.35; 0.20] | Negative to positive | − 0.32 (0.021)* | [− 0.55; − .0.05] |
| Duration negative thoughts | 0.36 (0.010)* | [0.09; 0.58] | Negative to neutral | 0.15 (0.30) | [− .0.13; 0.41] |
| Negative to Negative | 0.09 (0.53) | [− .0.19; 0.36] | |||
Partial correlations between trait brooding scores and all content and dynamic variables of interest are shown. Partial correlations controlled for perceived censorship and daily thought similarity. For measures of duration, they also controlled for total word count. MNW = Mean Number of Words. Highlighted in bold are statistically significant partial correlations at p < .05. **P < .01, *P < .05, † < .06.