Verbal rumination and depression in close relationships: Explication and test of a construct [microform]
- Bib ID:
- 3295540
- Format:
- Book and Microform
- Author:
- Henson, Donna Francine
- Description:
- 164 p.
- Summary:
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The purpose of this dissertation was to develop and test a measure of verbal rumination. More specifically, this research sought to investigate the possibility that ruminative thought translates to an interpersonal verbal behavior characterized by repetitive communication that is potentially aversive to both an individual and his/her partner. Furthermore, the associations among verbal rumination and depression were investigated. In order to develop a goal-based perspective on verbal rumination, two studies were conducted. The first, survey-based study was designed to develop an initial measure of verbal rumination and investigate the adequacy of the resultant scale. Analyses revealed four distinct types of verbal rumination behavior, labeled positivity, redundant rehashing, prospective pessimism, and futile fretting. Associations between these behaviors and existing measures of cognitive rumination and reflection provided preliminary evidence for the validity of these scales.
A second survey-based study was conducted in order to provide a more complete description of verbal rumination behavior. In completing an online survey, 202 participants completed measures of verbal and cognitive rumination, goal-based linking, affect, and depression. In addition, 133 relational partners responded to questions concerning their perceptions of verbal rumination and relational satisfaction. Analysis of the data found evidence that the positivity and prospective pessimism subscales were significantly predictive of depression. Moreover, a combination of cognitive rumination and verbal rumination behaviors accounted for a significant proportion of the variance in depression. The results also suggest that goal-based linking is related to verbal rumination and that perceptions of positivity are significantly related to relational satisfaction.
The implications of the results for relational and depression research, limitations of the studies, and directions for future inquiry were also discussed.
- Notes:
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- (UnM)AAI3109563
- Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 64-10, Section: A, page: 3537.
- Adviser: Daniel J. Canary.
- Thesis (Ph.D.)--Arizona State University, 2003.
- Reproduction:
- Microfiche. Ann Arbor, Mich.: University Microfilms International.
- Subject:
- Speech Communication
- Other authors/contributors:
- Arizona State University
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- Creation date:
- 2003
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