The Repetitive Thinking Questionnaire : Psychometric properties in lraninan 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)