Distress Severity Following a Romantic Breakup Is Associated With Positive Relationship Memories Among Emerging Adults
@article{delPalacioGonzalez2017DistressSF, title={Distress Severity Following a Romantic Breakup Is Associated With Positive Relationship Memories Among Emerging Adults}, author={Adriana del Palacio-Gonzalez and David A. Clark and Lucia F. O’Sullivan}, journal={Emerging Adulthood}, year={2017}, volume={5}, pages={259 - 267} }
Romantic relationship loss is associated with significant psychological distress for emerging adults. Intrusive memories of stressful events are typically associated with symptom severity; however, whether spontaneous positive memories of a relationship breakup may also be related to psychological symptoms has received little attention. We examined links between breakup-specific distress, depressive symptoms, and relationship memories of different valence. Ninety-one emerging adults (M age = 20…
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