Department of Psychology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
School of Population and Public Health, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci. 2024 Mar 1;79(3). doi: 10.1093/geronb/gbad187.
Negative and repetitive self-oriented thinking (rumination) is associated with lower well-being and health. The social context of rumination remains underexplored and mostly centers on marital relationships. To embrace the diversity of older adult relationships, this study includes a range of different relationships (e.g., spouses, siblings, friends, etc.) and examines the role of rumination by close others on individual well-being during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic.
Using daily diary data from 140 Canadian older adults (M = 72.21 years, standard deviation [SD] = 5.39, range: 63-87 years, 47% women, 71% university educated) and a close other of their choice (M = 59.95 years, SD = 16.54, range: 18-83 years, 78% women, 81% university educated), this project builds on past research examining daily life rumination dynamics from a dyadic perspective. For 10 days, both dyad members reported their daily rumination and affect quality in the evening.
Multilevel models replicate past work showing that individual rumination was associated with higher negative affect (within-person: b = 0.27, p < .001, between-person: b = 0.57, p < .001) and lower positive affect (within-person: b = -0.18, p < .001, between-person: b = -0.29, p < .001). Importantly, we additionally observed that partner rumination was associated with higher negative affect (b = 0.03, p = .038) and lower positive affect (b = -0.04, p = .023), highlighting the social context of rumination.
Findings illustrate the significance of rumination for the self and others and underline the merit of taking a dyadic perspective on what is typically viewed as an individual-level phenomenon.
消极和重复的自我导向思维（反刍）与幸福感和健康水平较低有关。反刍的社会背景仍未得到充分探索，主要集中在婚姻关系上。为了包容老年人群体关系的多样性，本研究包括一系列不同的关系（例如，配偶、兄弟姐妹、朋友等），并在 2019 年冠状病毒病大流行期间，考察亲密他人的反刍对个体幸福感的作用。
本研究利用来自 140 名加拿大老年人（平均年龄为 72.21 岁，标准差为 5.39，范围为 63-87 岁，47%为女性，71%受过大学教育）及其选择的亲密他人（平均年龄为 59.95 岁，标准差为 16.54，范围为 18-83 岁，78%为女性，81%受过大学教育）的每日日记数据，从对偶视角构建了过去研究中关于日常生活反刍动态的研究。在 10 天内，双方成员都在晚上报告他们的日常反刍和情绪质量。
多层次模型复制了过去的工作，表明个体反刍与更高的负面情绪（个体内：b=0.27，p<.001，个体间：b=0.57，p<.001）和更低的积极情绪（个体内：b=-0.18，p<.001，个体间：b=-0.29，p<.001）有关。重要的是，我们还观察到伴侣反刍与更高的负面情绪（b=0.03，p=0.038）和更低的积极情绪（b=-0.04，p=0.023）有关，这突显了反刍的社会背景。
研究结果说明了反刍对自我和他人的重要性，并强调了从对偶视角看待通常被视为个体现象的重要性。
