Predictors of stress generation in Turkish young adults: The role of rumination and excessive reassurance seeking

2020 ◽  
Vol 55 (6) ◽  
pp. 907-915
Author(s):  
Ezgi Tuna
Keyword(s):  
Young Adults ◽  
Stress Generation ◽  
Reassurance Seeking ◽  
Excessive Reassurance Seeking

Theory of Mind, Excessive Reassurance-Seeking, and Stress Generation in Depression: A Social-Cognitive-Interpersonal Integration

2018 ◽  
Vol 37 (9) ◽  
pp. 725-750
Author(s):  
Chloe C. Hudson ◽  
Amanda L. Shamblaw ◽  
Gillian A. Wilson ◽  
Meighen M. Roes ◽  
Mark A. Sabbagh ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Theory Of Mind ◽  
Social Cognitive ◽  
Stressful Life Events ◽  
Mental States ◽  
Stress Generation ◽  
Reassurance Seeking ◽  
Lower Accuracy ◽  
Depressed Group ◽  
Excessive Reassurance Seeking ◽  
Interpersonal Model

Introduction: According to the interpersonal model of depression, individuals with depression engage in excessive reassurance-seeking (ERS) about others’ beliefs regarding their self-worth, which can ultimately result in interpersonal rejection. We present the novel hypothesis that maladaptive ERS behaviors in depression may be driven by difficulties with “theory of mind”—the foundational ability to decode and reason about others’ mental states. Method: Participants included 31 young adults in a current episode of a unipolar depressive disorder, and 91 never-depressed adults. Theory of mind was assessed with standard, objective laboratory tasks. Stressful life events were assessed with a gold-standard contextual interview and independent rating system. Results: Consistent with hypotheses, in the depressed group only, lower accuracy of theory of mind decoding was associated with greater ERS, which was significantly associated with exposure to greater interpersonal, but not non-interpersonal, stress. Surprisingly, higher accuracy of theory of mind reasoning was associated with greater ERS. Discussion: The intriguing dissociation is discussed in terms of expanding the interpersonal model of depression to include the foundational social cognitive processes that underlie effective social communication.

Self-Report Versus Informant Responses: Exploring the Relationship between Excessive Reassurance Seeking and Depression

2019 ◽  
Vol 38 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-27
Author(s):  
Vasiliki Anagnostopoulos ◽  
Michele M. Carter
Keyword(s):  
Self Report ◽  
Interpersonal Competence ◽  
Mediation Model ◽  
Reassurance Seeking ◽  
Time Points ◽  
Treatment And Prevention ◽  
Excessive Reassurance Seeking ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Reporting Source

Introduction: This study expanded on prior research exploring the relationship between excessive reassurance seeking (ERS) and depression by conducting a longitudinal study evaluating two reporting sources (participants and informants). The current research was also the first to examine a sequential mediation model, with interpersonal competence as an antecedent in this relationship. Method: One hundred and ten participants completed measures at two time-points separated by five weeks. Corresponding informants completed comparable measures at participants' Time 2. Results: Results revealed differences based on reporting source, with more significant correlations found among participant- as compared to informant-reported variables. Moreover, findings supported interpersonal competence as an antecedent to the ERS-depression relationship. Finally, this research highlighted the role of brooding, in addition to ERS, in the development of depressive symptoms. Discussion: This study offers support for further consideration of methodology on outcomes, underlines the role of interpersonal competence as a precursor to depression, and encourages clinicians to target both brooding and ERS behavior in the treatment and prevention of depression.

scholarly journals Rumination, Excessive Reassurance Seeking, and Stress Generation Among Early Adolescent Girls

2016 ◽  
Vol 38 (2) ◽  
pp. 139-163 ◽  
Author(s):  
Catherine B. Stroud ◽  
Effua E. Sosoo ◽  
Sylia Wilson
Keyword(s):  
Chronic Stress ◽  
Adolescent Girls ◽  
Acute Stress ◽  
Stressful Events ◽  
Stress Generation ◽  
Early Adolescent ◽  
Interpersonal Stress ◽  
Reassurance Seeking ◽  
Adolescent Relationships ◽  
Excessive Reassurance Seeking

Nolen-Hoeksema proposed that rumination increases stressful events and circumstances; however, few studies have examined this question. Thus, we explored whether (a) rumination predicted increases in the generation of chronic and acute stress, (b) excessive reassurance seeking (ERS) mediated links between rumination and stress generation, (c) rumination increased exposure to acute independent (uncontrollable) stress, and (d) rumination predicted chronic stress generation in certain domains, but not others. These questions were examined in a 1-year study of 126 early adolescent girls ( Mage = 12.39 years) using contextual objective stress interviews. Findings indicated that rumination predicted increases in acute dependent interpersonal stress and chronic interpersonal stress, and ERS mediated these associations. Moreover, rumination was not associated with acute independent stress. Finally, the effect of rumination on chronic stress generation was most salient in adolescents’ romantic lives and in parent-adolescent relationships. These findings suggest that ruminators create stressful interpersonal environments.

Particularities of tinnitus in children and adolescents

ORL ro ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 40-42
Author(s):  
Alexandra Boloș ◽  
Sebastian Cozma ◽  
Andreea Silvana Szalontay
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Young Adults ◽  
Children And Adolescents ◽  
Psychological Factors ◽  
Ambient Noise ◽  
Psychological Consequences ◽  
Therapeutic Approaches

Tinnitus is a common otologic symptom and probably the most troublesome. Tinnitus causes a number of physical and psychological consequences, that interfere with the quality of life of the patient. Many authors believe that the presence of tinnitus in children is a matter of lesser importance than in adults because it is met less frequently and would be a fleeting symptom, inoffensive for them (Graham, 1981). In addition, the prevalence of tinnitus during adolescence and even in young adults is increasing, possibly as a consequence of the increased ambient noise (Bulbul SF, Shargorodsky J). Various therapeutic approaches have generated different results, which led us to consider the role of psychological factors, hence the need to underline the particularities of this symptom in childhood.  

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