RESEARCH_FILE
Amanda J. Rose
University of Missouri
Known for:Naming and measuring co-rumination — the friendship-closeness / internalizing-symptoms trade-off
SEE THE PRACTICE
Turn a thought this research explains into one clear move.
THE THOUGHT
“We just need to talk it through one more time”
YOUR RECORDED RESPONSE
“One full lap, then one small move.”
ONE PRIVATE MOVE
Open a blank note and write the problem in one sentence. Under it, list exactly two things already discussed and one small action you could do privately in the next 10 minutes, then stop.
Key findings
- 2002
In 608 third- to ninth-graders, co-rumination — extensively discussing problems, speculating about them, and focusing on negative feelings with a friend — was related to higher-quality friendships and to more depression and anxiety, and girls reported more of it than boys, helping account for both their closer friendships and their greater internalizing symptoms. Co-Rumination in the Friendships of Girls and Boys ↗
- 2007
Followed over time, co-rumination predicted increases in positive friendship quality and — especially among girls — increases in depressive and anxiety symptoms: the same behavior carried a social benefit and an emotional cost, which the paper frames as the socioemotional trade-offs of co-rumination. Prospective Associations of Co-Rumination With Friendship and Emotional Adjustment: Considering the Socioemotional Trade-Offs of Co-Rumination ↗