Daily Rumination-Affect Associations in Dyads During the COVID-19 Pandemic.

Autor: Zambrano Garza E; Department of Psychology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada., Murphy RA; School of Population and Public Health, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.; Cancer Control Research, BC Cancer, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada., Linden W; Department of Psychology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada., Ashe MC; Department of Family Practice, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada., Madden KM; Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada., Jakobi JM; School of Health and Exercise Sciences, University of British Columbia, Okanagan, British Columbia, Canada., DeLongis A; Department of Psychology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada., Gerstorf D; Department of Psychology, Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany., Hoppmann CA; Department of Psychology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences [J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci] 2024 Mar 01; Vol. 79 (3).
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/gbad187
Abstrakt: Objectives: Negative and repetitive self-oriented thinking (rumination) is associated with lower well-being and health. The social context of rumination remains underexplored and mostly centers on marital relationships. To embrace the diversity of older adult relationships, this study includes a range of different relationships (e.g., spouses, siblings, friends, etc.) and examines the role of rumination by close others on individual well-being during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic.
Methods: Using daily diary data from 140 Canadian older adults (M = 72.21 years, standard deviation [SD] = 5.39, range: 63-87 years, 47% women, 71% university educated) and a close other of their choice (M = 59.95 years, SD = 16.54, range: 18-83 years, 78% women, 81% university educated), this project builds on past research examining daily life rumination dynamics from a dyadic perspective. For 10 days, both dyad members reported their daily rumination and affect quality in the evening.
Results: Multilevel models replicate past work showing that individual rumination was associated with higher negative affect (within-person: b = 0.27, p < .001, between-person: b = 0.57, p < .001) and lower positive affect (within-person: b = -0.18, p < .001, between-person: b = -0.29, p < .001). Importantly, we additionally observed that partner rumination was associated with higher negative affect (b = 0.03, p = .038) and lower positive affect (b = -0.04, p = .023), highlighting the social context of rumination.
Discussion: Findings illustrate the significance of rumination for the self and others and underline the merit of taking a dyadic perspective on what is typically viewed as an individual-level phenomenon.
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Databáze: MEDLINE