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The role of rumination and metamemory beliefs in posttraumatic growth and posttraumatic stress
Discover Psychology, Vol.4, pp.1-11
2024
Abstract
The risk of developing posttraumatic stress symptoms following exposure to traumatic events is well documented, however, emerging research also lends support to the potential development of growth in some people. Rumination and memory have been identified as important factors in post-trauma outcomes, yet, current research in this area is limited, particularly in the context of a multidimensional view of rumination (i.e., intrusive and deliberate rumination) and metamemory beliefs. This study explored the association between rumination styles, beliefs about memory, and posttraumatic stress symptoms and posttraumatic growth. Participants (N = 151) who experienced a traumatic event completed relevant measures online. Path analysis showed that intrusive rumination was significantly related to higher levels of posttraumatic stress symptoms (β = 0.19, p < 0.01), while deliberate rumination was related to higher levels of both posttraumatic growth (β = .52, p < 0.001) and posttraumatic stress symptoms (β = 0.15, p < 0.05). Additionally, negative beliefs about memory were significantly related to higher posttraumatic stress symptoms (β = 0.48, p < 0.001). No significant associations were found for positive beliefs about memory. The findings suggest that rumination may be understood as multidimensional, incorporating both adaptive and maladaptive processes. Further, the present study contributes to the limited literature concerning metamemory beliefs and may provide an increased understanding of factors contributing to stress or growth.
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- Title
- The role of rumination and metamemory beliefs in posttraumatic growth and posttraumatic stress
- Authors
- Erin Clout (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, School of HealthDixie J. Statham (Author) - Federation UniversityBerquin Human (Author) - Buderim Private Hospital (Australia)Andrew Allen (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, School of Health - PsychologyLee Kannis-Dymand (Corresponding Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, School of Health - Psychology
- Publication details
- Discover Psychology, Vol.4, pp.1-11
- Publisher
- Springer Cham
- Date published
- 2024
- DOI
- 10.1007/s44202-024-00208-4
- ISSN
- 2731-4537
- Copyright note
- This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License, which permits any non-commercial use, sharing, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if you modified the licensed material. You do not have permission under this licence to share adapted material derived from this article or parts of it. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article’s Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article’s Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/.
- Data Availability
- The data that support the findings of this study are available from the corresponding author, Lee Kannis-Dymand, upon reasonable request.
- Organisation Unit
- School of Health; School of Health - Psychology; Sexual Violence Research and Prevention Unit; Sustainability Research Cluster
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 991061395702621
- Output Type
- Journal article
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