Biopsychosocial science and medicine · 2025
Experimentally Induced Post-Event Rumination Alters Biological Stress Response Patterns to Repeated Stress.
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Janson-Schmitt Johanna, Haessner Jesaja, Moeller Reimar, Rohleder Nicolas
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OBJECTIVE: Rumination-the repetitive negative thinking about stressful events-impairs biological stress system activity. However, its impact on the habituation of stress responses, particularly of the sympathetic nervous system (SNS) and hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis, remains understudied. This study examined how post-event rumination affects the habituation of biological responses to repeated stress.
METHODS: In this randomized experimental study, 47 participants were assigned to a rumination or control condition and exposed to two consecutive stress tasks. After the first stress exposure, the rumination group engaged in guided post-event rumination, while the control group reflected on a neutral everyday topic. Biological markers of HPA axis (cortisol) and SNS activity (salivary alpha-amylase, sAA), as well as psychological variables (positive and negative affect, state rumination), were assessed before and after each stressor.
RESULTS: Compared with the control group, participants in the rumination condition showed reduced habituation of HPA axis activity ( t(45) =-2.01, p =.025) and increased SNS activation over time, as indicated by rising sAA levels ( t(45) =-2.03, p =.024). No significant group differences were observed in self-reported affect or state rumination.
CONCLUSIONS: Post-event rumination impairs biological habituation to repeated stress. These findings suggest that rumination disrupts physiological stress adaptation, which may contribute to prolonged stress responses and increased risk for stress-related health problems. Interventions targeting rumination may support more adaptive stress regulation and promote better health outcomes.
METHODS: In this randomized experimental study, 47 participants were assigned to a rumination or control condition and exposed to two consecutive stress tasks. After the first stress exposure, the rumination group engaged in guided post-event rumination, while the control group reflected on a neutral everyday topic. Biological markers of HPA axis (cortisol) and SNS activity (salivary alpha-amylase, sAA), as well as psychological variables (positive and negative affect, state rumination), were assessed before and after each stressor.
RESULTS: Compared with the control group, participants in the rumination condition showed reduced habituation of HPA axis activity ( t(45) =-2.01, p =.025) and increased SNS activation over time, as indicated by rising sAA levels ( t(45) =-2.03, p =.024). No significant group differences were observed in self-reported affect or state rumination.
CONCLUSIONS: Post-event rumination impairs biological habituation to repeated stress. These findings suggest that rumination disrupts physiological stress adaptation, which may contribute to prolonged stress responses and increased risk for stress-related health problems. Interventions targeting rumination may support more adaptive stress regulation and promote better health outcomes.