Psychology Department, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Alcorcón, Madrid, Spain.
Biological and Health Psychology Department, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain.
Int Psychogeriatr. 2014 Feb;26(2):297-305. doi: 10.1017/S1041610213001877. Epub 2013 Nov 19.
The positive effects of leisure activities on depressive symptomatology are well known. However, the extent to which emotional regulation variables moderate that relationship has scarcely been studied, especially in older people. The aim of this study is to analyze the moderating role of rumination in the relation between leisure activities and depressive symptoms.
Participants in this study were 311 people, aged 60 to 90 years (mean age: 71.27 years; SD: 6.99; 71.7% women). We evaluated depressive symptomatology, frequency of leisure activities, and rumination. We carried out a hierarchical regression analysis to confirm the moderating role of rumination.
We obtained a model that explains 39.4% of the variance of depressive symptomatology. Main effects were found for the frequency of leisure activities (β = -0.397; p < 0.01) and for rumination (β = 0.497; p < 0.01). Moreover, we found a significant effect of the interaction between frequency of leisure activities and rumination (β = 0.110; p < 0.05), suggesting that rumination plays a moderating role in the relation between leisure activities and depressive symptomatology.
A risk profile of elderly people may consist of those who engage in low levels of leisure activities but also use more frequently the dysfunctional emotional regulation strategy of rumination.
休闲活动对抑郁症状有积极影响，这是众所周知的。然而，情绪调节变量在多大程度上调节这种关系，尤其是在老年人中，几乎没有被研究过。本研究旨在分析反刍在休闲活动与抑郁症状之间关系中的调节作用。
本研究的参与者为 311 人，年龄在 60 至 90 岁之间（平均年龄：71.27 岁；标准差：6.99；71.7%为女性）。我们评估了抑郁症状、休闲活动频率和反刍。我们进行了层次回归分析，以确认反刍的调节作用。
我们得到了一个可以解释 39.4%的抑郁症状变异性的模型。休闲活动频率（β=-0.397；p<0.01）和反刍（β=0.497；p<0.01）都有主要影响。此外，我们发现休闲活动频率和反刍之间的交互作用有显著影响（β=0.110；p<0.05），这表明反刍在休闲活动和抑郁症状之间的关系中起着调节作用。
老年人的风险特征可能包括那些参与休闲活动水平较低但又经常使用功能失调的情绪调节策略反刍的人。
