School Psychology and Development in Context, KU Leuven, Tiensestraat 102, B-3000, Leuven, Belgium.
Centre for Psychology of Learning and Experimental Psychopathology, KU Leuven, Tiensestraat 102, B-3000, Leuven, Belgium.
J Youth Adolesc. 2021 May;50(5):1003-1016. doi: 10.1007/s10964-021-01412-4. Epub 2021 Mar 6.
Although relationships between co-rumination and depressive symptoms have often been found, little research attention has been given to mechanisms underlying this association. The current study investigated brooding rumination as a mediator of the relationship between co-rumination and depressive symptoms. Analyses were performed on data of 1549 adolescents (53.4% girls; M = 12.93, range 9-17) using three waves of data with 1-year intervals. Mediated and indirect effects were investigated by means of cross-lagged analyses. The results indicated that co-rumination was not predictive of depressive symptoms 2 years later. However, co-rumination did have an indirect effect on prospective depressive symptoms through brooding rumination. Additional analyses looking into the directionality of effects showed that neither brooding rumination nor depressive symptoms were predictive of relative increases in one's tendency to co-ruminate. Multi-group analyses further showed that findings were not moderated by gender or age. The current study contributes to the growing literature on the role of interpersonal and intrapersonal affect-regulation styles in predicting depressive symptoms and suggests that passive and catastrophic problem talk with same-sex friends may get internalized into maladaptive and repetitive thinking patterns.
虽然共同反刍与抑郁症状之间的关系经常被发现，但很少有研究关注这种关联的潜在机制。本研究探讨了沉思反刍作为共同反刍与抑郁症状之间关系的中介因素。使用 3 年时间间隔的 3 个数据波，对 1549 名青少年（53.4%为女孩；M=12.93，范围为 9-17）的数据进行了分析。通过交叉滞后分析研究了中介和间接效应。结果表明，共同反刍并不能预测 2 年后的抑郁症状。然而，共同反刍确实通过沉思反刍对前瞻性抑郁症状产生间接影响。进一步分析影响的方向表明，沉思反刍或抑郁症状都不能预测个体倾向于共同反刍的相对增加。多组分析进一步表明，性别或年龄并不能调节研究结果。本研究丰富了关于人际和内在情感调节方式在预测抑郁症状中的作用的文献，并表明与同性朋友进行消极和灾难性的问题讨论可能会内化成为适应不良和重复的思维模式。
