Clarifying co-rumination: associations with internalizing symptoms and romantic involvement among adolescent girls.
Co-rumination, or excessive discussion of problems within friendships, has been associated with internalizing symptoms and is especially prevalent among adolescent girls. Eighty-three early adolescent girls participated in a prospective study further examining this construct. Co-rumination was positively correlated with depressive symptoms and positive aspects of friendship, but did not predict longitudinal changes in depressive symptoms. Co-rumination was negatively related to social anxiety when controlling for depressive symptoms. Co-rumination correlated positively with romantic experiences, and the two interacted to predict longitudinal changes in depressive symptoms, implying that co-rumination may only be depressogenic under certain circumstances. Theoretical ramifications for the construct of co-rumination and interpersonal aspects of adolescent internalizing symptoms are discussed.
Starr
Lisa R
LR
Department of Psychology, State University of New York at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, NY 11794-2500, USA. lisa.starr@stonybrook.edu
Davila
Joanne
J
D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior / Q000523:psychology*; D001007:Anxiety; D003380:Courtship; D003863:Depression; D005260:Female; D033062:Friends; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D009518:New York; D012650:Self Disclosure; D012917:Social Adjustment; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires