Dr. Lisa Emery recently presented a study at the Annual Meeting of the Gerontological Society, Washington, DC. The study examined age differences in rumination, co-rumination, and their association with depressive symptomatology. Read more in the abstract below and check out the full study. Congratulations Dr. Emery!
Co-Rumination, or “extensively discussing and re-visiting problems” with another person (Rose, 2002), is a construct that has primarily been studied in adolescent populations. Among adolescent girls in particular, co-rumination is paradoxically related to both closer friendships and increased emotional problems. Given that older adults often report both better emotion regulation strategies and social relationships relative to those at younger ages, we conducted an exploratory study to investigate age differences in co-rumination and their relationship to depressive symptoms.
Emery, L., Gizdarska, S. (November, 2014). Age Differences in Rumination, Co-Rumination, and Their Association with Depressive Symptomatology, Gerontological Society, Washington, DC.
Poster titled "Age Differences in Rumination, Co-Rumination, and their Association with Depressive Symptomatology"
