Rebecca A Schwartz-Mette
Biographic Data
| ID | 5758631 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Rebecca A Schwartz-Mette |
| GIVEN NAMES | Rebecca A |
| FAMILY NAME | Schwartz-Mette |
| SIGNATURE | SCHWARTZ-METTE R A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Department of Psychology, State University of New York (SUNY) at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 77 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 10 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Adolescent and Parent Perceptions of Legitimacy of Parental Authority: Developmental Trajectories and Relation to Adjustment Outcomes
Perceptions of the legitimacy of parental authority (LoPA) reflect the degree to which parents and adolescents believe parental control over an adolescent’s behavior is appropriate. LoPA may impact the level of autonomy granted to adolescents and adolescents’ compliance with parental demands and rules. Although low perceived LoPA has consistently been linked to increased externalizing symptoms, the association with internalizing symptoms is less …
Mindfulness Training for New Nursing Students Improves Stress Resilience and Well-Being
BACKGROUND: First-year nursing students need support to mitigate the effects of stress to improve the health and consistency of the student-to-professional pathway, addressing critical workforce shortages. Yet, evidence-based wellness interventions are underdeveloped and understudied for this population. METHOD: = 33, mean age = 22.16, 94% female-identifying students). RESULTS: Multilevel modeling for repeated measures data revealed increased use…
More benefits than costs: Associations of co-rumination with positive friendship quality and depressive symptoms at the within-person level
Co-rumination, or excessive problem talk within a dyadic relationship, has been suggested to have both costs and benefits; it has been associated with both increased depressive symptoms and higher friendship quality. Although previous research has shown moderate concurrent and longitudinal associations between co-rumination, depressive symptoms, and friendship quality, it is unclear whether these processes also take place at the within-person lev…
Emotion regulation deficits and depression-related maladaptive interpersonal behaviours
Coyne’s interpersonal theory of depression posits that those with depressive symptoms engage in maladaptive interpersonal behaviours that, although intended to assuage distress, push away social supports and increase depressive symptoms (Coyne, 1976). Excessive reassurance seeking, negative feedback seeking, and conversational self-focus are three behaviours implicated in Coyne’s theory, yet their correlates- apart from depressive symptoms- are p…
Suicidal Mental Imagery: Investigating a Novel Marker of Suicide Risk
Rates of suicidal ideation and behavior are high and increasing in emerging adulthood. Research focused on suicidal ideation as a predictor of suicidal behavior has nearly exclusively conceptualized suicidal ideation as verbal thoughts about suicide. Emerging research suggests, however, that mentally imagining suicide may be even more impairing than verbal thoughts about suicide. Thirty-nine emerging adults with a lifetime history of suicidal cog…
Girls’ and boys’ problem talk: Implications for emotional closeness in friendships
This research highlights the critical role of gender in the context of problem talk and social support in adolescents' friendships. Early- and middle-adolescents' (N = 314 friend dyads; Ms = 13.01 and 16.03 years) conversations about problems were studied using observation and a short-term longitudinal design. Mean-level gender differences emerged in that girls participated in problem talk more than boys and responded in a more positive and engag…
An observational study of co-rumination in adolescent friendships
Co-rumination is a dyadic process between relationship partners that refers to excessively discussing problems, rehashing problems, speculating about problems, mutual encouragement of problem talk, and dwelling on negative affect. Although studies have addressed youths' tendency to co-ruminate, little is known about the nature of co-ruminative conversations. The primary goal of the present study (N = 314 adolescent friend dyads) was to identify m…
Co-rumination mediates contagion of internalizing symptoms within youths' friendships
Peer contagion of internalizing symptoms was examined within youths' friendships over 6 months. Children (Grades 3 and 5) and adolescents (Grades 7 and 9) paired in 274 reciprocal same-sex friendship dyads completed measures of depressive and anxiety symptoms, co-rumination, and self-disclosure. Depression contagion was present for all youth, and anxiety contagion was found in the sample of girls and older boys. Although normative self-disclosure…
Girls’ and Boys’ Disclosure about Problems as a Predictor of Changes in Depressive Symptoms Over Time
Relational and Overt Aggression in Childhood and Adolescence: Clarifying Mean-level Gender Differences and Associations with Peer Acceptance
Research on relational aggression has drawn attention to how girls may be likely to aggress, but the role of gender is not fully understood. There are opposing views regarding whether relational aggression is most common among girls. Current findings demonstrate that when gender differences in relational aggression are assessed with peer nominations, gender differences favoring girls are more likely: a) in adolescence than childhood and b) when s…
Co-rumination mediates contagion of internalizing symptoms within youths' friendships
Peer contagion of internalizing symptoms was examined within youths' friendships over 6 months. Children (Grades 3 and 5) and adolescents (Grades 7 and 9) paired in 274 reciprocal same-sex friendship dyads completed measures of depressive and anxiety symptoms, co-rumination, and self-disclosure. Depression contagion was present for all youth, and anxiety contagion was found in the sample of girls and older boys. Although normative self-disclosure…
Girls’ and boys’ problem talk: Implications for emotional closeness in friendships
This research highlights the critical role of gender in the context of problem talk and social support in adolescents' friendships. Early- and middle-adolescents' (N = 314 friend dyads; Ms = 13.01 and 16.03 years) conversations about problems were studied using observation and a short-term longitudinal design. Mean-level gender differences emerged in that girls participated in problem talk more than boys and responded in a more positive and engag…
An observational study of co-rumination in adolescent friendships
Co-rumination is a dyadic process between relationship partners that refers to excessively discussing problems, rehashing problems, speculating about problems, mutual encouragement of problem talk, and dwelling on negative affect. Although studies have addressed youths' tendency to co-ruminate, little is known about the nature of co-ruminative conversations. The primary goal of the present study (N = 314 adolescent friend dyads) was to identify m…
Relational and Overt Aggression in Childhood and Adolescence: Clarifying Mean-level Gender Differences and Associations with Peer Acceptance
Research on relational aggression has drawn attention to how girls may be likely to aggress, but the role of gender is not fully understood. There are opposing views regarding whether relational aggression is most common among girls. Current findings demonstrate that when gender differences in relational aggression are assessed with peer nominations, gender differences favoring girls are more likely: a) in adolescence than childhood and b) when s…
Girls’ and Boys’ Disclosure about Problems as a Predictor of Changes in Depressive Symptoms Over Time
Relational and Overt Aggression in Childhood and Adolescence: Clarifying Mean-level Gender Differences and Associations with Peer Acceptance
Research on relational aggression has drawn attention to how girls may be likely to aggress, but the role of gender is not fully understood. There are opposing views regarding whether relational aggression is most common among girls. Current findings demonstrate that when gender differences in relational aggression are assessed with peer nominations, gender differences favoring girls are more likely: a) in adolescence than childhood and b) when s…
Girls’ and Boys’ Disclosure about Problems as a Predictor of Changes in Depressive Symptoms Over Time
Co-rumination mediates contagion of internalizing symptoms within youths' friendships
Peer contagion of internalizing symptoms was examined within youths' friendships over 6 months. Children (Grades 3 and 5) and adolescents (Grades 7 and 9) paired in 274 reciprocal same-sex friendship dyads completed measures of depressive and anxiety symptoms, co-rumination, and self-disclosure. Depression contagion was present for all youth, and anxiety contagion was found in the sample of girls and older boys. Although normative self-disclosure…
An observational study of co-rumination in adolescent friendships
Co-rumination is a dyadic process between relationship partners that refers to excessively discussing problems, rehashing problems, speculating about problems, mutual encouragement of problem talk, and dwelling on negative affect. Although studies have addressed youths' tendency to co-ruminate, little is known about the nature of co-ruminative conversations. The primary goal of the present study (N = 314 adolescent friend dyads) was to identify m…
Girls’ and boys’ problem talk: Implications for emotional closeness in friendships
This research highlights the critical role of gender in the context of problem talk and social support in adolescents' friendships. Early- and middle-adolescents' (N = 314 friend dyads; Ms = 13.01 and 16.03 years) conversations about problems were studied using observation and a short-term longitudinal design. Mean-level gender differences emerged in that girls participated in problem talk more than boys and responded in a more positive and engag…
Emotion regulation deficits and depression-related maladaptive interpersonal behaviours
Coyne’s interpersonal theory of depression posits that those with depressive symptoms engage in maladaptive interpersonal behaviours that, although intended to assuage distress, push away social supports and increase depressive symptoms (Coyne, 1976). Excessive reassurance seeking, negative feedback seeking, and conversational self-focus are three behaviours implicated in Coyne’s theory, yet their correlates- apart from depressive symptoms- are p…
Suicidal Mental Imagery: Investigating a Novel Marker of Suicide Risk
Rates of suicidal ideation and behavior are high and increasing in emerging adulthood. Research focused on suicidal ideation as a predictor of suicidal behavior has nearly exclusively conceptualized suicidal ideation as verbal thoughts about suicide. Emerging research suggests, however, that mentally imagining suicide may be even more impairing than verbal thoughts about suicide. Thirty-nine emerging adults with a lifetime history of suicidal cog…
More benefits than costs: Associations of co-rumination with positive friendship quality and depressive symptoms at the within-person level
Co-rumination, or excessive problem talk within a dyadic relationship, has been suggested to have both costs and benefits; it has been associated with both increased depressive symptoms and higher friendship quality. Although previous research has shown moderate concurrent and longitudinal associations between co-rumination, depressive symptoms, and friendship quality, it is unclear whether these processes also take place at the within-person lev…
Adolescent and Parent Perceptions of Legitimacy of Parental Authority: Developmental Trajectories and Relation to Adjustment Outcomes
Perceptions of the legitimacy of parental authority (LoPA) reflect the degree to which parents and adolescents believe parental control over an adolescent’s behavior is appropriate. LoPA may impact the level of autonomy granted to adolescents and adolescents’ compliance with parental demands and rules. Although low perceived LoPA has consistently been linked to increased externalizing symptoms, the association with internalizing symptoms is less …
Mindfulness Training for New Nursing Students Improves Stress Resilience and Well-Being
BACKGROUND: First-year nursing students need support to mitigate the effects of stress to improve the health and consistency of the student-to-professional pathway, addressing critical workforce shortages. Yet, evidence-based wellness interventions are underdeveloped and understudied for this population. METHOD: = 33, mean age = 22.16, 94% female-identifying students). RESULTS: Multilevel modeling for repeated measures data revealed increased use…
Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (8 works) · Psychology (8 works) · Developmental psychology (7 works) · Social Psychology (6 works) · Clinical Psychology (5 works) · Cognition (5 works) · Psychiatry (5 works) · Social Psychology (5 works) · Clinical Psychology (4 works) · Depressive symptoms (4 works)