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Stress and Emotional Distress in Adolesence: The Role of Worry and Rumination
Örebro universitet.ORCID iD: 0000-0001-6014-5226
Örebro universitet.ORCID iD: 0000-0001-9429-9012
Örebro universitet.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-9688-5805
2015 (English)Conference paper, Oral presentation with published abstract (Refereed)
Abstract [en]

Introduction: Adolescence is a time of profound changes in multiple contexts, giving rise to an increased amount of potential stressors. It is also a developmental period were emotional problems tend to have their onset and are common. We know from previous research that stressors are a risk factor for internalizing problems. However, we know less about how this relationship unfolds. There has been a lack of research into potential mechanisms affecting this relationship such as moderating and mediating variables. Concerning stressors in the form of daily hassles, a potent mechanism is how well adolescents regulate their emotions. Studies have shown that especially cognitive regulatory strategies, such as worry and rumination, tend to increase in early adolescence, an increase that precedes increases in emotional problems. However, with a few exceptions, many studies have been cross-sectional and we do not know exactly how these strategies affects or are affected by stressors and emotional problems. The aim of this study is therefore to investigate how cognitive emotion regulation strategies, more specifically worry and rumination, relate to the development of emotional problems in the face of stressors.

Method: This is a prospective study following 3200 Swedish adolescents in 7th and 8th grade across one year. Participants completed questionnaires about amounts of stressors, levels och worry, rumination, anxiety and depressive symptoms during school hours in the spring of 2014 and again in 2015. Half-longitudinal mediational- and moderation analyses will be performed to investigate how worry and rumination relate to the development of emotional problems in the face of stressors.

Results: The open paper will give an overview of the above-mentioned analyses and present a discussion of the results with respect to theory and clinical implications.

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2015.
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Psychology
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Psychology
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URN: urn:nbn:se:kau:diva-64489OAI: oai:DiVA.org:kau-64489DiVA, id: diva2:1146670
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45th annual conference of the European Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies (EABCT 2015), Jerusalem, Israel, August 31 - September 3, 2015
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Swedish Research Council FormasVinnovaForte, Swedish Research Council for Health, Working Life and WelfareSwedish Research CouncilAvailable from: 2017-03-08 Created: 2017-10-03 Last updated: 2020-01-29Bibliographically approved

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