Citation

Krause ED, Vélez CE, Woo R, Hoffmann B, Freres DR, Abenavoli RM, Gillham JE. J. Early Adolesc. 2018; 38(7): 923-946.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2018, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/0272431617704956

PMID

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Abstract

Recent research suggests that rumination may represent both a risk factor for and consequence of depression, especially among female samples. Nevertheless, few longitudinal studies have examined a reciprocal model of rumination and depression in early adolescence, just before rates of depression diverge by gender. The present study evaluated a cross-lagged path model of rumination and depression in a sample of 408 early adolescents. Gender moderation was also examined. Support was found for a longitudinal bidirectional model of rumination and depression but only among girls. For boys, increased rumination emerged as a consequence, not as a predictor, of depression symptoms. In early adolescence, rumination may be a greater risk factor for depression among girls than boys, whereas depression may be a significant vulnerability factor for increased rumination among both boys and girls. Why rumination may be more maladaptive for girls than boys is discussed within a psychosocial and developmental framework.

Language: en