Citation

Raes F, Hermans D. Depress. Anxiety 2008; 25(12): 1067-1070.

Affiliation

Department of Psychology, University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium. filip.raes@psy.kuleuven.be

Copyright

(Copyright © 2008, John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

10.1002/da.20447

PMID

18839403

Abstract

BACKGROUND: We examined the mediating role of rumination in the relationship between emotional abuse and depression, focusing on two subtypes of rumination: reflection versus brooding. METHODS: Students (n=101) completed the Emotional Abuse subscale of the Childhood Trauma Questionnaire; the Ruminative Response Scale; and the Beck Depression Inventory. RESULTS: Rumination was found to mediate the relationship between childhood emotional abuse and depressive symptoms. Further analyses showed that this was only the case for the brooding but not the reflective subtype of rumination. CONCLUSIONS: Results further evidence the role of rumination as a mediator of the relationship between childhood maltreatment and depression, and are consistent with the recently proposed distinction between different subtypes or forms of rumination.

Language: en