The Mediating Effect by Responsibility to Continue Thinking on Relationship between Autism Spectrum Traits and Repetitive Negative Thinking

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The relationship between high autism spectrum traits and repetitive negative thinking is partially mediated by a metacognitive sense of responsibility to continue thinking. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.INCREMENTAL. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.NEUTRAL.

Hidefumi Mukai; Yoshinori Sugiura

doi:10.2132/personality.35.2.7

September 6, 2026The Japanese Journal of PersonalityOpen Access

The Mediating Effect by Responsibility to Continue Thinking on Relationship between Autism Spectrum Traits and Repetitive Negative Thinking

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To evaluate whether the metacognitive belief of responsibility to continue thinking mediates the relationship between autism spectrum disorder traits and repetitive negative thinking.
Conducted a web-based cross-sectional survey among 1,234 Japanese adults.
Assessed self-reported autism spectrum traits, repetitive negative thinking, and metacognitive beliefs regarding the responsibility to continue thinking using statistical mediation analysis.
The positive relationship between higher autism spectrum traits and repetitive negative thinking was partially mediated by the perceived responsibility to continue thinking.
Findings suggest that psychological interventions aimed at reducing the perceived duty to continue thinking may attenuate repetitive negative thinking in individuals with autism spectrum traits.

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Web-based survey reveals that responsibility to continue thinking partially mediates repetitive negative thinking in adults with autism spectrum traits, suggesting targeted metacognitive...

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Mukai et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a9fd74958e84d0ff5b45d8e https://doi.org/10.2132/personality.35.2.7

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