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Interpersonal motivations in adolescent rumination

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Jane Mendle
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In the decades since Nolen-Hoeksema’s (1991) original work on response styles; research on rumination has flourished within psychological science. This literature often emphasizes the association of impaired problem-solving with rumination. Spikes in the prevalence of rumination coincide with the entry into adolescence; as youth become increasingly sensitive to social feedback and interpersonal relationships. This article introduces the idea that rumination represents a socially reinforced process in adolescent girls; who are particularly likely to engage in rumination and to find interpersonal stress aversive. In the event that relationships evoke distress; girls may be able to generate solutions through ruminative coping; however; they are unwilling to accept and enact these solutions when these solutions have the potential to be further socially disruptive. Although ruminative inaction may have grave consequences for the moods of youth; it maintains an interpersonal harmony that some youth may prioritize and; in the process; avoids changing a social milieu; angering or displeasing others; or generating unwanted social controversy or conflict. This serves as reinforcement for ruminative coping; creating the risk that rumination will become an entrenched habit with the potential to further erode mood over time.
Keywords:
rumination
gender
depression
adolescence
internalizing
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