ERIC Number: EJ1213884
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2019
Pages: 8
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Worry and Rumination: Explanatory Roles in the Relation between Pain and Anxiety and Depressive Symptoms among College Students with Pain
Rogers, Andrew H.; Bakhshaie, Jafar; Ditre, Joseph W.; Manning, Kara; Mayorga, Nubia A.; Viana, Andres G.; Zvolensky, Michael J.
Journal of American College Health, v67 n3 p275-282 2019
Objective: Pain affects a significant proportion of college students in the United States and has been linked to anxiety and depressive symptoms. Rumination and worry, two transdiagnostic factors linked to comorbidity, may explain the relationship between pain and mental health symptoms. Current Study: The current study examined worry and rumination as explanatory factors in the relationship between pain and anxiety and depressive symptoms in a sample of college students with pain (n = 1,577; 79.9% female). Results: Results indicated that both rumination and worry explained the relationship between pain and depressive and social anxiety symptoms, while rumination alone explained the relationship between pain and anxious arousal symptoms. Conclusion: The current study provides novel empirical evidence that worry and rumination each help explain the relationship between pain and anxiety and depressive symptoms among college students with current pain, and college students in pain may benefit from targeted psychosocial strategies aimed at decreasing worry and ruminative responses.
Descriptors: Pain, Psychological Patterns, College Students, Anxiety, Depression (Psychology), Comorbidity, Mental Disorders, Symptoms (Individual Disorders), Psychosomatic Disorders
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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