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BRIEF RESEARCH REPORT article
Front. Psychol.
Sec. Psychopathology
Volume 16 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1421958
This article is part of the Research Topic The Heterogeneity of Psychiatric Symptoms and Disorders View all 15 articles
The transdiagnostic role of event-related rumination on internalizing and externalizing symptoms during the pandemic: A two-wave longitudinal study
Provisionally accepted- 1 Gachon University, Seongnam, Republic of Korea
- 2 Kyungpook National University, Daegu, North Gyeongsang, Republic of Korea
Background: Rumination is a well-established transdiagnostic vulnerability. However, few studies have explored the transdiagnostic role of event-related rumination. Moreover, there is a paucity of longitudinal studies clarifying the temporal precedence of event-related rumination. Therefore, this study aimed to longitudinally examine the mediating paths of event-related rumination between perceived stress and diverse symptomatic dimensions.Methods: A representative sample of Korean adults (N = 316) was recruited online and they completed a package of self-reported measures twice over a one-year period. Using prospective two-wave data collected during the pandemic, longitudinal indirect effects were examined using the hypothesized path model.Results: As expected, intrusive rumination acted as a transdiagnostic mediator in both internalizing and externalizing psychopathology and was positively associated with all subsequent symptom dimensions, except mania. Meanwhile, the beneficial role of deliberate rumination was less-transdiagnostic.Conclusions: These initial findings suggest that event-related rumination could be considered a transdiagnostic mediator and a target for prevention and intervention to maintain mental health during and after the pandemic.
Keywords: rumination, Transdiagnostic, Internalizing, externalizing, Psychopathology
Received: 23 Apr 2024; Accepted: 24 Feb 2025.
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* Correspondence:
Bin-Na Kim, Gachon University, Seongnam, Republic of Korea
Jungkyu Park, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, 702-701, North Gyeongsang, Republic of Korea
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