OBJECTIVE In this study, we, for the first time, evaluated future-oriented repetitive thought in patients with Alzheimer disease (AD), that is, how they think and worry about the future. METHODS We administered the Future-Oriented Repetitive Thought scale to 34 patients with AD and 37 control participants. This scale assessed 3 categories of future-oriented repetitive thought: (1) pessimistic repetitive future thinking (eg, "I think about the possibility of losing people or things that are important to me"), (2) repetitive thinking about future goals (eg, "I make specific plans for how to get things that I want in life"), and (3) positive indulging about the future (eg, "When I picture good things happening in my future, it is as if they were actually happening to me now"). RESULTS Analysis demonstrated more pessimistic repetitive future thinking, but less repetitive thinking about future goals and positive indulging about the future, in patients with AD than in control participants. CONCLUSION Our findings demonstrate a pessimistic view of future in patients with AD, which is possibly attributed to hopelessness and depression.

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面向未来的重复思维：阿尔茨海默病患者对未来的悲观看法。

目的 在本研究中，我们首次评估了阿尔茨海默病 (AD) 患者面向未来的重复思维，即他们如何思考和担心未来。方法 我们对 34 名 AD 患者和 37 名对照参与者进行了面向未来的重复思维量表。该量表评估了 3 类面向未来的重复性思考：（1）悲观的重复性未来思考（例如，“我考虑失去对我来说很重要的人或事物的可能性”），（2）对未来目标的重复思考（例如，“我为如何获得生活中想要的东西制定了具体的计划”），以及（3）对未来积极放纵（例如，“当我想象未来发生的好事时，就好像它们真的发生了一样现在发生在我身上”）。结果 分析表明，与对照组相比，AD 患者更悲观的重复未来思考，但对未来目标的重复思考较少，对未来的积极放纵。结论 我们的研究结果表明 AD 患者对未来持悲观态度，这可能归因于绝望和抑郁。