Co-rumination and intrapersonal cognitive processes predict distress: Longitudinal evidence from the COVID-19 pandemic.

Autor: Kowalsky JM; Department of Psychology, The Ohio State University, Newark, Ohio, USA., Mitchell AM; Department of Counseling and Human Development, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, USA., Okdie BM; Department of Psychology, The Ohio State University, Newark, Ohio, USA.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Stress and health : journal of the International Society for the Investigation of Stress [Stress Health] 2024 Dec; Vol. 40 (6), pp. e3490. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Oct 08.
DOI: 10.1002/smi.3490
Abstrakt: Perseverative thinking and catastrophizing have well established associations with fear and distress. However, less is known about the impact of interpersonal dynamics, such as co-rumination, on these intrapersonal cognitive processes and subsequent stress. The present study addresses this knowledge gap. A sample of 433 adults from across the United States was recruited online and completed measures of co-rumination, perseverative thinking, catastrophizing, and demographic characteristics early in the COVID-19 pandemic, and the COVID Stress Scales (CSS) at six month follow up. Co-rumination, perseverative thinking, catastrophizing, and CSS scores were correlated in the expected direction. Regression analyses revealed all three independently predicted CSS worry about the dangerousness of COVID-19 subscale. Co-rumination was the strongest predictor of CSS worry about the socioeconomic impact and CSS compulsive checking scales. Perseverative thinking and catastrophizing predicted CSS traumatic stress symptoms subscale. Finally, perseverative thinking was the strongest predictor of CSS xenophobia subscale. Structural equation modelling indicated that co-rumination had a significant indirect effect on CSS scores through perseverative thinking and catastrophizing. Interpersonal dynamics, such as co-rumination, are relevant for understanding stress and are promising targets for intervention research to prevent or attenuate fears and distress, in addition to traditional intrapersonal cognitive processes such as perseverative thinking and catastrophizing.
(© 2024 The Author(s). Stress and Health published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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