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The psychosocial context of depressive rumination: Ruminative brooding predicts diminished relationship satisfaction in individuals with a history of past major depression
Author(s) -
Pearson Katherine A.,
Watkins Edward R.,
Kuyken Willem,
Mullan Eugene G.
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
british journal of clinical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.479
H-Index - 92
eISSN - 2044-8260
pISSN - 0144-6657
DOI - 10.1348/014466509x480553
Subject(s) - rumination , psychology , depression (economics) , psychosocial , context (archaeology) , clinical psychology , depressive symptoms , developmental psychology , anxiety , psychiatry , cognition , macroeconomics , paleontology , biology , economics
Objective. To test the hypothesis that rumination contributes to poor social functioning by examining whether ruminative brooding predicts subsequent relationship satisfaction in individuals with a history of major depression. Method. Participants ( N =57) were interviewed to assess depressive symptoms and completed self‐report measures of brooding and relationship satisfaction, at intake into the study (Time 1) and 3 months later (Time 2). Results. Brooding was related concurrently to relationship satisfaction at Time 2 ( p <.01; approaching significance at Time 1, p =.06). Baseline brooding predicted diminished relationship satisfaction 3 months later, controlling for baseline relationship satisfaction ( p <.05). Conclusions. Brooding may be an early warning sign for increasing relationship difficulties in those vulnerable to depression.