TY - JOUR
T1 - Transgression-Related Co-Rumination
T2 - Scale Validation and Prediction of Relational Outcomes
AU - Thai, Michael
AU - Wenzel, Michael
AU - Okimoto, Tyler G.
PY - 2022/11/28
Y1 - 2022/11/28
N2 - Co-rumination refers to the extended and/or recurring discussion of issues in social relationships. The extant research tends to conceptualize co-rumination in terms of general interaction styles, commonly between individuals who act as a source of support for one another. Little work has examined co-rumination in conflict contexts, between victims and offenders, as an event-specific process to come to terms with wrongdoing. The present research develops and validates a new scale measuring three distinct approaches to transgression-related co-rumination: co-reflection, co-brooding, and co-avoidance. Within the context of close romantic relationships, we show that these new co-rumination scales are associated with conciliatory sentiments including victim forgiveness, offender self-forgiveness, and relationship commitment. This research highlights co-rumination between parties as an important mechanism to consider in the process of relationship repair.
AB - Co-rumination refers to the extended and/or recurring discussion of issues in social relationships. The extant research tends to conceptualize co-rumination in terms of general interaction styles, commonly between individuals who act as a source of support for one another. Little work has examined co-rumination in conflict contexts, between victims and offenders, as an event-specific process to come to terms with wrongdoing. The present research develops and validates a new scale measuring three distinct approaches to transgression-related co-rumination: co-reflection, co-brooding, and co-avoidance. Within the context of close romantic relationships, we show that these new co-rumination scales are associated with conciliatory sentiments including victim forgiveness, offender self-forgiveness, and relationship commitment. This research highlights co-rumination between parties as an important mechanism to consider in the process of relationship repair.
KW - Close relationships
KW - Co-rumination
KW - Forgiveness
KW - Interpersonal transgressions
KW - Self-forgiveness
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85145849888&partnerID=8YFLogxK
UR - http://purl.org/au-research/grants/ARC/DP190102283
U2 - 10.1037/fam0001046
DO - 10.1037/fam0001046
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85145849888
JO - JOURNAL OF FAMILY PSYCHOLOGY
JF - JOURNAL OF FAMILY PSYCHOLOGY
SN - 0893-3200
ER -