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PROSPECTIVE ASSOCIATIONS OF DEPRESSIVE RUMINATION AND SOCIAL PROBLEM SOLVING WITH DEPRESSION: A 6-MONTH LONGITUDINAL STUDY.

Authors :
AKIRA HASEGAWA
YOSUKE HATTORI
HARUKI NISHIMURA
YOSHIHIKO TANNO
Source :
Psychological Reports; Jun2015, Vol. 116 Issue 3, p870-888, 19p
Publication Year :
2015

Abstract

The main purpose of this study was to examine whether depressive rumination and social problem solving are prospectively associated with depressive symptoms. Nonclinical university students ( N = 161, 64 men, 97 women; M age = 19.7 yr., SD = 3.6, range = 18-61) recruited from three universities in Japan completed the Beck Depression Inventory-Second Edition (BDI-II), the Ruminative Responses Scale, Social Problem-Solving Inventory-Revised Short Version (SPSI-R:S), and the Means-Ends Problem-Solving Procedure at baseline, and the BDI-II again at 6 mo. later. A stepwise multiple regression analysis with the BDI-II and all subscales of the rumination and social problem solving measures as independent variables indicated that only the BDI-II scores and the Impulsivity/carelessness style subscale of the SPSI-R:S at Time 1 were significantly associated with BDI-II scores at Time 2 (β = 0.73, 0.12, respectively; independent variables accounted for 58.8% of the variance). These findings suggest that in Japan an impulsive and careless problem-solving style was prospectively associated with depressive symptomatology 6 mo. later, as contrasted with previous findings of a cycle of rumination and avoidance problem-solving style. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
00332941
Volume :
116
Issue :
3
Database :
Complementary Index
Journal :
Psychological Reports
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
103256990
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.2466/02.20.PR0.116k28w7