Meyer, Malin Katja (2023) Making Sense of Adversity: Consolidating Meaning-Making and Rumination Perspectives to Counter Depressive Affect and Rumination. Research Master thesis, Research Master.
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Abstract
This thesis consolidates rumination and meaning-making perspectives to answer whether concrete thinking (i.e., focus on low-level details), abstract thinking (i.e., focus on meanings and implications), and abstract meaning-making (i.e., focus on personal growth based on values) differently affect depressive affect and rumination after recalling an upsetting memory. After pre-screening 400 students on trait rumination, n = 92 high ruminators participated in a repeated measures experiment. Participants recalled an autobiographical failure memory, after which they engaged with their memory in one of the three processing modes. Repeated-measures ANOVA indicated a significant group-by-time interaction effect. Aligned with our primary hypothesis, the meaning-making group reduced significantly more in depressive affect post-intervention than the other conditions. Contrary to our other primary hypotheses, comprehension did not mediate this relation and groups did not significantly differ on rumination. The findings suggest that abstract meaning-making can ameliorate depressive affect for ruminators after recalling an upsetting memory. Keywords: Abstract Thinking, Rumination, Meaning-Making, Comprehension
| Item Type: | Thesis (Research Master) |
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| Supervisor name: | Ostafin, B.D. |
| Degree programme: | Research Master |
| Differentiation route: | Clinical Psychology and Clinical Neuropsychology [Research Master] |
| Date Deposited: | 16 Aug 2023 15:19 |
| Last Modified: | 16 Aug 2023 15:19 |
| URI: | http://gmwpublic.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/2757 |
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