title: Stress and coping as predictors of children's divorce-related ruminations.
abstract: Examined stress and coping variables as predictors of divorce-related ruminations in children whose parents had recently divorced. Simultaneous multiple regression was used to analyze the cross-sectional data of 351 children of divorce. Divorce-related stressful events and threat appraisal were positively related to children's ruminations. A prospective longitudinal design was employed to predict rumination at Time 2 (T2) controlling for Time 1 (T1) rumination. Efficacy of coping was negatively related to T2 rumination after controlling for T1 rumination and all other predictors. This study also provided descriptive data on the frequency of children's divorce-related ruminations.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Arizona State University, Tempe 85287-1104, USA.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Weyer
authors.forename: I N
authors.initials: IN
authors.lastname: Sandler
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D002648:Child; D004243:Divorce / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D005544:Forecasting; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008568:Memory; D013315:Stress, Psychological