| Title: |
Co-Rumination as a Moderator Between Best-Friend Support and Adolescent Psychological Distress |
| Authors: |
van der Mey-Baijens, Steffie; Vuijk, Patricia; Bul, Kim; van Lier, Pol A C; Sijbrandij, Marit; Maras, Athanasios; Buil, Marieke |
| Source: |
van der Mey-Baijens, S, Vuijk, P, Bul, K, van Lier, P A C, Sijbrandij, M, Maras, A & Buil, M 2025, 'Co-Rumination as a Moderator Between Best-Friend Support and Adolescent Psychological Distress', Journal of Adolescence, vol. 97, no. 5, pp. 1161-1172. https://doi.org/10.1002/jad.12483 |
| Publication Year: |
2025 |
| Description: |
INTRODUCTION: Co-rumination, characterized by excessively discussing problems and dwelling on negative affect within a dyadic friendship, has been associated with adolescents' symptoms of depression, anxiety and perceived stress-collectively referred to as psychological distress. This study explored whether co-rumination moderates the association between perceived best friend support and psychological distress. METHODS: The study included 187 adolescents (52.9% girls; 88.0% Dutch ethnic background) recruited from two cohorts between March 2017 and July 2019. Assessments took place at two time points: symptoms of depression, anxiety, and perceived stress were assessed via self-report measures at the final grade of primary school (T1; Mage = 11.8 years) and in secondary school (T2; Mage = 13.3 years). Co-rumination and perceived best friend support were measured via self-report in secondary school. RESULTS: Findings indicate that best friend support was associated with lower psychological distress and conversely, co-rumination was associated with higher psychological distress while adjusting for prior distress symptoms. Moderation analysis revealed that moderate levels of co-rumination (relative to the samples mean) decreased the positive effects of perceived best friend support on symptoms of depression (B = 0.06, SE = 0.03, 95% CI [0.00, 0.11], p = 0.05, β = 0.11) and perceived stress (B = 0.06, SE = 0.01, 95% CI [0.03, 0.08], p = 0.000, β = 0.10). At very high levels of co-rumination (relative to the samples mean), best friend support exacerbates perceived stress. DISCUSSION: This study underscores the potential negative impact of co-rumination in supportive peer relationships and recommends promoting awareness of the risk of co-rumination while building a repertoire of (dyadic)emotion regulation strategies. |
| Document Type: |
article in journal/newspaper |
| Language: |
English |
| ISSN: |
0140-1971; 1095-9254 |
| Relation: |
info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/pmid/39956924; info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/hdl/https://hdl.handle.net/1871.1/301ed6f4-5df8-4509-9a91-d092a3076d2d; info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/pissn/0140-1971; info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/eissn/1095-9254 |
| DOI: |
10.1002/jad.12483 |
| Availability: |
https://research.vu.nl/en/publications/301ed6f4-5df8-4509-9a91-d092a3076d2d; https://doi.org/10.1002/jad.12483; https://hdl.handle.net/1871.1/301ed6f4-5df8-4509-9a91-d092a3076d2d; https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85219667973; https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85219667973#tab=citedBy |
| Rights: |
info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess ; http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |
| Accession Number: |
edsbas.218A5751 |
| Database: |
BASE |