Ruijten Tamara, Roelofs Jeffrey, Rood Lea
J Child Fam Stud. 2011 Aug;20(4):452-459. doi: 10.1007/s10826-010-9412-5. Epub 2010 Aug 31.
This study examined associations between indices of the quality of attachment relationships of adolescents with parents and peers, rumination, and symptoms of depression. More specifically, a mediation model was investigated in which rumination was hypothesized to mediate the relation between quality of attachment relations and symptoms of depression. A total of 455 high school students completed a battery of questionnaires, including quality of attachment relations, rumination, and depression. Results showed that most indices of quality of attachment relations were significantly associated with rumination and symptoms of depression. When examining the relative contribution of these variables in explaining variance in depression symptoms, trust in parents, communication with peers, and alienation from peers accounted for a significant portion of the variance in depression scores. Finally, the relation between communication with peers and depressive symptoms was fully mediated by rumination, whereas partial mediation was found for the relations between parental trust and depressive symptoms, and between alienation from peers and depressive symptoms. Implications of the findings may be that the treatment of depression in adolescence should consist of both cognitive interventions aimed at targeting ruminative thinking as well as a focus on interpersonal relationships of the adolescent with parents and peers.
本研究考察了青少年与父母及同伴的依恋关系质量指标、沉思以及抑郁症状之间的关联。更具体地说，研究了一个中介模型，其中沉思被假定为依恋关系质量与抑郁症状之间关系的中介变量。共有455名高中生完成了一系列问卷，包括依恋关系质量、沉思和抑郁方面的问卷。结果表明，依恋关系质量的大多数指标都与沉思和抑郁症状显著相关。在考察这些变量对抑郁症状变异的相对贡献时，对父母的信任、与同伴的沟通以及与同伴的疏离在抑郁得分变异中占了很大一部分。最后，同伴沟通与抑郁症状之间的关系完全由沉思介导，而父母信任与抑郁症状之间以及同伴疏离与抑郁症状之间的关系则发现存在部分中介作用。研究结果的启示可能是，青少年抑郁症的治疗应包括针对沉思性思维的认知干预以及对青少年与父母和同伴人际关系的关注。
