title: PROSPECTIVE ASSOCIATIONS OF DEPRESSIVE RUMINATION AND SOCIAL PROBLEM SOLVING WITH DEPRESSION: A 6-MONTH LONGITUDINAL STUDY(.).
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.
authors.affiliation: 1 Faculty of Human Relations, Tokai Gakuin University, Japan.
authors.forename: Akira
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hasegawa
authors.affiliation: 2 Faculty of Human and Cultural Studies, Kyoto Gakuen University, Japan.
authors.forename: Yosuke
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hattori
authors.affiliation: 3 Graduate School of Comprehensive Human Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Japan.
authors.forename: Haruki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Nishimura
authors.affiliation: 4 Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: Yoshihiko
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tanno
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D003863:Depression / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009770:Obsessive Behavior / Q000523:psychology*; D011340:Problem Solving / Q000502:physiology*; D012919:Social Behavior; D055815:Young Adult