Giving social support is lauded in society and regarded as contributing to the development and maintenance of social relationships, but research has typically focused on the benefits of receiving such support and the costs of giving. An emerging l...
The current study examined posttraumatic growth (PTG), the experience of positive change following a traumatic event, in a sample of traumatic brain injury (TBI) survivors. The focus was on the role of rumination and self-disclosure about trauma i...
This study investigated the degree to which cognitive flexibility (CF) is related to rumination as part of the overall coping process. We sought to test four hypotheses concerning the relationship between global CF and four specific types of rumin...
Traumatic experiences are highly prevalent, and their consequences potentially severe. As such, there is a pressing need for the development of novel interventions which may ameliorate the negative consequences of trauma and promote positive outco...
Background: Current popular conceptualizations of the psychological process Repetitive Thought (RT) appear of limited accuracy due to construct confusion (i.e., equating RT with other similar constructs like rumination or worry), possible construc...
Posttraumatic growth (PTG) is the experience of positive psychological change that may occur in the aftermath of a traumatic event. Previous research has extensively examined the cognitive underpinnings of PTG, yet the role of emotion regulation (...