The Repetitive Thinking Questionnaire: Psychometric properties in Iraninan Students, and Relationship with depression, Anxiety and Social Anxiety

摘要

Repetitive Thinking (RT) defined as the " Process of thinkig attentively, repetitively or frequently about one's self and one's world ". (segerstorm et al.2003). Various form of Repetitive Negative Thinking (RNT) such as worry, rumination and post event processing have been assessed using seprated, but RT would facilitate assesstion of RNT measures. The aims of this study: 1) The factor structure and internal reliability of Repetitive Thinking Questionnaire (Peter M.McEvoy et.al 2010). The questionnaire completed with undergraduate and MSc. students (N=321). Exploratory factor analysis yielded two factors labeled Repetitive Negative Thinking (RNT) and Absence of Repetitive Thinking (ART). 2)The examined Relationship between RTQ and depression, that was significantly correlated with depression.(N=114). 3) The examined Relationship between RTQ and Anxiety, that was significantly correlated with Anxiety .(N=114)