Research Article

Rumination and Age: Some Things Get Better

Table 4

Self-report measures by age groups.

Age group≤2425–3738–5051–62≥63
nM (SD)nM (SD)nM (SD)nM (SD)nM (SD)

RSQ reflective pondering655.40 (2.76)805.62 (3.40)505.54 (2.56)445.11 (3.47)593.36 (2.72)
RSQ brooding654.54 (1.95)803.85 (2.19)503.66 (2.12)444.18 (2.19)592.88 (1.94)
CES-D6514.98 (9.46)8013.99 (9.10)5012.98 (8.10)4412.41 (6.21)5913.10 (9.33)
SWLS6525.69 (5.71)7925.52 (6.14)5025.28 (5.02)4423.66 (5.46)5925.85 (4.48)