STRESS AND COPING AS PREDICTORS OF CHILDRENS DIVORCE-RELATED RUMINATIONS

Examined stress and coping variables as predictors of divorce-related ruminations in children whose parents had recently divorced Simultaneo us multiple regression was used to analyze the cross-sectional data of 351 children of divorce. Divorce-related stressful events and threat appraisal were positively related to children's ruminations, A prospec tive longitudinal design was employed to predict rumination at Time 2 (T2) controlling fbr Time 1 (T1) rumination. Efficacy of coping was ne gatively related to 12 rumination after controlling for T1 rumination and ail other predictors. This study also provided descriptive data on the frequency of children's divorce-related ruminations.