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The Ruminative Responses Scale (RRS) brooding subscale and the 17-item Grid-Based Hamilton Depression Rating Scale (GRID-HAMD\n                      <jats:sub>17<\/jats:sub>\n                      ) were assessed at baseline and 16 weeks; the Temperament and Personality Questionnaire (T&amp;amp;P) was assessed at baseline. Multiple linear regressions within each group examined associations between baseline traits and brooding change, adjusting for sex, baseline brooding, and baseline GRID-HAMD\n                      <jats:sub>17<\/jats:sub>\n                      .\u00a0A trait-wise single-predictor sensitivity analysis used the same covariates.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      Both groups demonstrated significant within-group improvements. Hedges\u2019 g (95% CI): CBT\u2014brooding 0.48 (0.11\u20130.85), GRID-HAMD\n                      <jats:sub>17<\/jats:sub>\n                      1.07 (0.63\u20131.50); TAU\u2014brooding 0.84 (0.47\u20131.21), GRID-HAMD\n                      <jats:sub>17<\/jats:sub>\n                      1.46 (1.01\u20131.91). In CBT, higher anxious worrying was associated with greater brooding reduction (eight-predictor model: B\u00a0=\u00a00.71,\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u00a0=\u00a00.026) and remained significant in the single-predictor analysis (B\u00a0=\u00a00.36,\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u00a0=\u00a00.014). Self-criticism showed a negative association in the eight-predictor model (B=\u22120.60,\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u00a0=\u00a00.043) but did not persist in the single-predictor analysis. In TAU, no personality trait was associated with brooding change. Adjusted between-group differences in change (brooding, GRID-HAMD\n                      <jats:sub>17<\/jats:sub>\n                      , total DDD) were not significant.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Limitations<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Nonrandomized allocation, modest sample sizes, and two assessment time points limit precision and power; the eight-predictor model in CBT may be prone to overfitting, so findings are exploratory.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>In this observational cohort, personality traits, with anxious worrying appearing relevant, were associated with brooding change within CBT, whereas between-group differences were not significant. 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