Coping and rumination as mediators in the development of reactive embitterment in the general population.

The association between dysfunctional strategies and embitterment severity suggests that clinicians should attenuate potential aggravating factors, including dysfunctional coping and intrusive rumination. Given that a combination of dysfunctional coping approaches increased the risk of reactive embitterment fourfold, these variables can be regarded as important for the development of preventive service programs for people at risk of embitterment. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2021 APA, all rights reserved).