Rumination as a Transdiagnostic Risk Factor Linking Psychological Trauma, Mental Health and Substance Use: Examinations among Young Adults and Military Personnel
Mood Disorders Centre Think Tank Seminar Series
Our guest speaker is Adrian J. Bravo from the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia
| A Mood Disorders Centre seminar | |
|---|---|
| Date | 27 May 2022 |
| Time | 12:00 to 13:00 |
| Place | Online via Zoom |
| Organizer | Mood Disorders Centre |
Event details
Abstract
Response Styles Theory posits that rumination: 1) enhances negative thinking, 2) impairs problem solving, 3) interferes with instrumental behavior (i.e., reducing motivation to engage in alleviating behaviors), and 4) erodes social support. Further, recent research has indicated that rumination may be a multi-dimensional construct with various facets relating to different psychological outcomes. The present talk will present research examining ruminative thinking (examined in a multidimensional framework) as a key mechanism linking negative affect to problematic substance use among young adult college students from various countries. Moreover, I will present findings examining rumination as a mechanism linking moral injury (a newer form of trauma) and mental health outcomes among military personnel. Finally, I present recently published research comparing relationships among PTSD, four facets of rumination (problem focused, counterfactual, repetitive and anticipatory thoughts) and mental health outcomes in military and non-military college students.
This seminar will NOT be recorded, therefore, we ask everyone attending not to make any recordings or stills (photographs) of any part of the seminar and protect one another’s privacy.
Participation in the online seminar will be taken to indicate acceptance of these terms.
Zoom Meeting ID & Password
Meeting ID: 928 5317 4401
Passcode: BRAVO
Adrian J. Bravo, PhD, is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychological Sciences at the College of William & Mary. He has a PhD in Applied Experimental Psychology from Old Dominion University.
His research interests focus on identifying who is most susceptible to the development of substance use and mental health disorders, under what conditions individuals engage in health risk behaviors that lead to poor mental health outcomes and problematic substance use, and what factors may decouple (specifically mindfulness) the relation between health risk factors and health outcomes across distinct populations (i.e., college students, clinical populations, and military personnel).
He is the Founder and Principal Investigator of the Cross-Cultural Addiction Study Team (CAST), a collective of international scientists (15 investigators across 8 countries) in the behavioral sciences with a shared vision of answering meaningful research questions regarding addictive behaviors (predominately substance use) that have important global policy, prevention, and/or treatment implications. He has over 100 peer-reviewed publications in academic journals, serves as an Associate Editor on 2 peer-reviewed academic journals (Mindfulness and Cannabis), and has several funded grants from the National Institute of Health.
