Reactive Rumination: Outcomes, Mechanisms, and Developmental Antecedents

Spasojevic, Jelena; Alloy, Lauren B.; Abramson, Lyn Y.; MacCoon, Donal G.; Robinson, M. S.

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“…For example, individuals with low rumination might actively seek social support to cope with uncertainty. Because people who ruminate less have more social resources available to them than people with high levels of rumination (Spasojević et al, 2004), they are likely to receive the support they need. The strategies used by individuals with low rumination might effectively lessen the negative affect associated with uncertainty, thereby decreasing the strength of the association between IU and symptoms of depression.…”

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“…When individuals with a high level of rumination face uncertainty, rumination is likely to hinder them from actively confronting the uncertainty they face, resulting in prolonged feelings of uncertainty and negative mood. Moreover, as mentioned previously, rumination is associated with decreased social support because friends of people who tend to ruminate might eventually become tired of or irritated by their repetitive pessimistic thoughts (Spasojević, Alloy, Abramson, Maccoon, & Robinson, 2004). When confronted with uncertainty, individuals with high rumination might feel alone, alienated, and receive little support and few constructive ideas from others to cope with the uncertainty.…”

Section: Iu and Ruminationmentioning

confidence: 92%

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Intolerance of uncertainty, depression, and anxiety: the moderating and mediating roles of rumination

Liao

Wei

2011

J Clin Psychol

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confidence: 99%

Section: Iu and Ruminationmentioning

confidence: 92%

Intolerance of uncertainty, depression, and anxiety: the moderating and mediating roles of rumination

Liao

Wei

2011

J Clin Psychol

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“…Theorists have proposed that rumination in response to depression and rumination in response to stress may represent distinct processes that operate differently in predicting depressive symptoms (Sakamoto 2000;Spasojevic et al 2003). In support of this view, Robinson and Alloy (2003) found that in a sample of non-depressed college students rumination in response to stress prospectively predicted the onset of depressive episodes whereas rumination in response to depression did not.…”

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Rumination in Response to Stress as a Common Vulnerability Factor to Depression and Substance Misuse in Adolescence

Skitch

Abela

2008

J Abnorm Child Psychol

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The current study examined rumination in response to stress as a common vulnerability factor to both depression and substance use problems in adolescence. Specifically, we used a multi-wave longitudinal design to examine whether adolescents who tend to ruminate in response to stress exhibit increases in depressive symptoms and substance misuse following the occurrence of negative events. At time 1, adolescents (n = 161) completed measures assessing depressive symptoms, substance misuse, and the tendency to ruminate in response to stress. Every 6 weeks for the next 18 weeks participants completed measures assessing the occurrence of negative events, depressive symptoms, and substance misuse. Hierarchical linear modeling analyses indicated that adolescents who tend to ruminate in response to stress report greater elevations in depressive symptoms and substance misuse following elevations in negative events than other adolescents. The relationship between rumination, negative events, and substance misuse was moderated by age. Support was not obtained for fluctuations in depressive symptoms as a mediator of the relationship between negative events and substance misuse. Fluctuations in negative affect, however, were found to mediate this relationship.

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“…For instance, findings from experimental studies indicate that rumination leads to more negative, biased interpretations of life events (Lyubomirsky and Nolen-Hoeksema 1995), facilitates recall of negative autobiographical memories and events (Lyubomirsky et al 1998), and reduces willingness to participate in pleasant activities (Lyubomirsky and Nolen-Hoeksema 1993). Thus, by keeping attention focused on negative content, depressive ruminators appear to perpetuate the experience of negative affect and heighten vulnerability to intrapersonal impairment (for reviews see Alloy et al 2006a, b; Nolen-Hoeksema et al 2008; Spasojevic et al 2003). …”

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An Examination of Integrated Cognitive-Interpersonal Vulnerability to Depression: The Role of Rumination, Perceived Social Support, and Interpersonal Stress Generation

2010

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This research examined an integration of cognitive and interpersonal theories of depression by investigating the prospective contribution of depressive rumination to perceptions of social support, the generation of interpersonal stress, and depressive symptoms. It was hypothesized that depressive ruminators would generate stress in their relationships, and that social support discontent would account for this association. Further, depressive rumination and dependent interpersonal stress were examined as joint and unique predictors of depressive symptoms over time. Participants included 122 undergraduate students (M age = 19.78 years, SD = 3.54) who completed assessments of depressive rumination, perceptions of social support, life stress, and depressive symptoms across three waves, each spaced 9 months apart. Results revealed that social support discontent accounted for the prospective association between depressive rumination and dependent interpersonal stress, and that both depressive rumination and dependent interpersonal stress contributed to elevations in depressive symptoms over time. These findings highlight the complex interplay between cognitive and interpersonal processes that confer vulnerability to depression, and have implications for the development of integrated depression-focused intervention endeavors.

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Reactive Rumination: Outcomes, Mechanisms, and Developmental Antecedents

Cited by 19 publications

References 50 publications

Intolerance of uncertainty, depression, and anxiety: the moderating and mediating roles of rumination

Intolerance of uncertainty, depression, and anxiety: the moderating and mediating roles of rumination

Rumination in Response to Stress as a Common Vulnerability Factor to Depression and Substance Misuse in Adolescence

An Examination of Integrated Cognitive-Interpersonal Vulnerability to Depression: The Role of Rumination, Perceived Social Support, and Interpersonal Stress Generation

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