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Treatment for Depression in Adolescent Girls: Navigating Puberty and the Transition to Adolescence 1
Published in Laura H. Choate, Depression in Girls and Women Across the Lifespan, 2019
A related concept that affects girls more so than boys is co-rumination. Co-rumination involves ruminating with others, rehashing the details of a negative event, and discussing negative feelings related to the event with others in one’s social circle. Girls are far more likely to co-ruminate with friends than are boys, and it appears to be a gender-specific risk factor for depression; co-rumination predicts greater depressive symptoms in girls but not in boys (Barstead, Bouchard, & Shih, 2013). Co-rumination is both a protective and a risk factor for depression; while it can cause a girl to feel closer to her friends as she processes her feelings with them, co-rumination actually makes her problems worse and can exacerbate her existing depressive symptoms (Rood et al., 2009). Instead of helping her move forward with problem solving, talking excessively about negative feelings can make them only increase in intensity. Unfortunately, even listening to others ruminate can also be harmful for girls. As stated previously, because girls are likely to use excessive empathy, taking on their friends’ problems as if they were their own, girls can be negatively affected by listening to their friends’ ruminative dialogue over time.
Dispositional mindfulness predicting psychological adjustment among college students: the role of rumination and gender
Published in Journal of American College Health, 2023
Julie Newman Kingery, Jamie S. Bodenlos, Travis I. Schneider, Jack S. Peltz, Mara W. Sindoni
In terms of gender differences in the relationships among variables in this study, the correlation between social support and rumination was significant for males but not for females. Females’ tendency to engage in co-rumination (i.e., repetitively discussing problems or distress) with peers,58 could help to explain why social support does not appear to serve as a protective factor for rumination for females in the present study. More specifically, support seeking for males appears to be beneficial for ruminative thinking whereas for females some aspects of social support (e.g., from peers) may promote maladaptive cognitive processes like rumination. Notably, the measure of social support in the present study assessed support across multiple domains (i.e., family, social relationships, significant others). Future research is warranted to replicate current findings and also to examine the relationship between specific aspects of social support and rumination and how these relationships may differ by gender.
“My Fibro Family!” A qualitative analysis of facebook fibromyalgia support groups’ discussion content
Published in Canadian Journal of Pain, 2022
Lyndsay Crump, Diane LaChapelle
Moreover, frequent or collective venting among members may promote co-rumination, defined as “extensive and frequent discussion, speculation, and focus on negative feelings related to personal problems with a close friend.”46(p133) Co-rumination can increase perceived friendship quality and satisfaction but can concurrently amplify anxious and depressive symptoms.47,48 This may be true even for members reading but not participating in venting discussions, resulting in an affective distress ripple effect within the group that extends beyond only those members posting content. Collectively, these findings suggest that FM OPSGs can provide much-needed emotional support and friendship to persons with FM but should not be considered an equivalent substitute for professional intervention, which generally addresses both emotional and cognitive support needs in a co-rumination free environment.49
When Friends Bring You Down: Peer Stress Proliferation and Suicidality
Published in Archives of Suicide Research, 2021
Molly Copeland, R. T. Alqahtani, J. Moody, B. Curdy, M. Alghamdi, F. Alqurashi
Prior research suggests several ways peer distress disclosure could proliferate stress for youth. Close ties with distressed peers can spur co-rumination, when continually discussing negative feelings and experiences with friends perpetuates depressive symptoms (Schwartz-Mette & Smith, 2016). Discussing self-harm or suicidality among peers can further model and normalize the use of these behaviors as coping mechanisms or “cultural scripts” in adolescence (Mueller & Abrutyn, 2015). Interpersonal theories of depression suggest experiencing depressive symptoms can cause further conflict in relationships (Coyne, 1976), meaning connections with distressed peers may be particularly conflictual, leading to greater stress proliferation.