A Prospective Study of Rumination and Irritability in Youth

Eleanor Leigh; Ailsa Lee; Hannah M. Brown; Simone Pisano; Argyris Stringaris

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A Prospective Study of Rumination and Irritability in Youth

Eleanor Leigh^*, Ailsa Lee, Hannah M. Brown, Simone Pisano, Argyris Stringaris

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Abstract

Although youth irritability is linked with substantial psychiatric morbidity and impairment, little is known about how personal characteristics influence its course. In this study we examined the prospective associations between angry and depressive rumination and irritability. A sample of 165 school pupils aged 12–14 years were assessed at two time points six months apart. They completed measures of irritability at Times 1 and 2 and depressive and angry rumination at Time 1. In line with our hypotheses, we found that angry rumination is significantly associated with irritability six months later, over and above baseline irritability and depressive rumination. The present findings suggest angry rumination is relevant to the genesis of irritability in adolescents, and point to possible routes for prevention and early intervention.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1581-1589
Number of pages	9
Journal	Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology
Volume	48
Issue number	12
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s10802-020-00706-8
Publication status	Published - 1 Dec 2020

Keywords

Adolescence
Angry rumination
Irritability
Rumination

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