On the mediating role of subtypes of rumination in the relationship between childhood emotional abuse and depressed mood: brooding versus reflection.
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.
Department of Psychology, University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium. filip.raes@psy.kuleuven.be
Filip
F
Raes
Dirk
D
Hermans
D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000339:Affect; D001288:Attention; D002649:Child Abuse / Q000523:psychology*; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011939:Mental Recall; D008875:Middle Aged; D010555:Personality Inventory / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011594:Psychometrics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D013239:Stereotyped Behavior; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology; D013850:Thinking; D055815:Young Adult