Do Worry and Brooding Predict Health Behaviors? A Daily Diary Investigation.
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SUBMITTER: Clancy F
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7497422 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct
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Do Worry and Brooding Predict Health Behaviors? A Daily Diary Investigation.
Clancy F F O'Connor D B DB Prestwich A A
International journal of behavioral medicine 20201001 5
<h4>Background</h4>Meta-analyses have reported associations between perseverative cognition (both worry and brooding) and increased engagement in health-risk behaviors, poorer sleep, and poorer physiological health outcomes.<h4>Method</h4>Using a daily diary design, this study investigated the within- and between-person relationships between state and trait perseverative cognition and health behaviors (eating behavior, physical activity, alcohol consumption, and sleep) both cross-sectionally and ...[more]
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