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Adolescents' Co-rumination and Stress Predict Affective Changes in a Daily Diary Paradigm

Reilly, Laura C.
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1308326427

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2011, MA, Kent State University, College of Arts and Sciences / Department of Psychological Sciences.
Co-rumination has been related to both high quality friendship and depressive symptoms. However, little is known regarding the extent to which co-rumination may be detrimental, its distinction from depressive rumination, and any potential gender differences in co-rumination. The present study used a modified version of Rose’s (2002) Co-rumination Questionnaire to examine daily co-rumination, stress, and negative affect among adolescents. Hypotheses investigated whether daily levels of co-rumination predicted negative affect, tested a diathesis-stress model of co-rumination, and investigated incremental utility of co-rumination over depressive rumination. Additionally, we explored whether females report higher levels of daily co-rumination than males, and whether co-rumination has a greater effect on females than males. Results demonstrated that co-rumination did not have a main effect in predicting negative affect, but did evidence a significant interaction with life stress. Co-rumination predicted negative affect only when stress was high. Additionally, co-rumination demonstrated incremental utility above that of depressive rumination. Finally, gender differences in mean levels of co-rumination were not supported, nor did gender moderate the relationship between co-rumination and negative affect. In conclusion, this investigation supported the theory that co-rumination exacerbates the effects of life stress and is predictive of increased internalizing symptoms.
Jeffrey Ciesla, PhD (Advisor)
Janis Crowther, PhD (Committee Member)
Angela Neal-Barnett, PhD (Committee Member)
Kathryn Kerns, PhD (Committee Member)
52 p.
Clinical Psychology
Co-rumination; Adolescents; Rumination; Negative Affect

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  • Reilly, L. C. (2011). Adolescents' Co-rumination and Stress Predict Affective Changes in a Daily Diary Paradigm [Master's thesis, Kent State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1308326427

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Reilly, Laura. Adolescents' Co-rumination and Stress Predict Affective Changes in a Daily Diary Paradigm. 2011. Kent State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1308326427.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Reilly, Laura. "Adolescents' Co-rumination and Stress Predict Affective Changes in a Daily Diary Paradigm." Master's thesis, Kent State University, 2011. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1308326427

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