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RESEARCH PRODUCT

The Differential Relations between Perceived Social Support and Rumination-Associated Goals

Thomas KubiakKerstin SiewertCornelia JonasHannelore Weber

subject

Clinical PsychologySocial supportSocial PsychologyRuminationmedicineDifferential (mechanical device)CognitionGoal pursuitmedicine.symptomPsychologySocial psychologyDevelopmental psychologyStyle (sociolinguistics)

description

In this study with N = 93 student participants, we employed a daily process approach to investigate sadness-associated rumination in daily life. Specifically, we examined whether the attainment of coping-related goals that people intend to achieve with their sadness-associated rumination were associated with changes in perceived social support. Moreover, we investigated the relations between sadness-related cognitive appraisals, goal pursuit and attainment, and ruminative process variables. Perceived social support was positively related to the attainment of resolution-focused goals, but not to understanding-focused goals, suggesting that social support is particularly associated with a functional ruminative style.

https://doi.org/10.1521/jscp.2013.32.10.1075