title: The psychosocial context of depressive rumination: ruminative brooding predicts diminished relationship satisfaction in individuals with a history of past major depression.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To test the hypothesis that rumination contributes to poor social functioning by examining whether ruminative brooding predicts subsequent relationship satisfaction in individuals with a history of major depression.
  
  
  METHODS
  Participants (N=57) were interviewed to assess depressive symptoms and completed self-report measures of brooding and relationship satisfaction, at intake into the study (Time 1) and 3 months later (Time 2).
  
  
  RESULTS
  Brooding was related concurrently to relationship satisfaction at Time 2 (p<.01; approaching significance at Time 1, p=.06). Baseline brooding predicted diminished relationship satisfaction 3 months later, controlling for baseline relationship satisfaction (p<.05).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Brooding may be an early warning sign for increasing relationship difficulties in those vulnerable to depression.
authors.affiliation: Mood Disorders Centre, University of Exeter, UK. k.a.pearson@exeter.ac.uk
authors.forename: Katherine A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Pearson
authors.forename: Edward R
authors.initials: ER
authors.lastname: Watkins
authors.forename: Willem
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Kuyken
authors.forename: Eugene G
authors.initials: EG
authors.lastname: Mullan
mesh_terms: D003863:Depression / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology*; D003865:Major Depressive Disorder / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008297:Male; D008568:Memory; D008875:Middle Aged; D010549:Personal Satisfaction; D011446:Prospective Studies; D011584:Psychology; D012008:Recurrence; D012660:Semantics