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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Balsamo, Michela
• Carlucci, Leonardo
• Sergi, Maria Rita
• Klein Murdock, Karla
• Saggino, Aristide
• Fang, Yiru

Titel

The Mediating Role of Early Maladaptive Schemas in the Relation between Co-Rumination and Depression in Young Adults

Ist Teil von

• PloS one, 2015-10, Vol.10 (10), p.e0140177-e0140177

Ort / Verlag

United States: Public Library of Science

Erscheinungsjahr

2015

Quelle

Electronic Journals Library

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Research on co-rumination has investigated its relationship with internalizing symptoms, but few studies have addressed underlying maladaptive cognitive-affective processes that may play an important role in the maintenance of this relation. This study examines if Young's schema domains mediate the relation between co-rumination and depression in a community sample of non-clinical young adults. Participants completed the Co-Rumination Questionnaire, Young Schema Questionnaire-L3, and Teate Depression Inventory. Correlations and path analysis were calculated for the full sample and separately by gender. The schema domains of Overvigilance/Inhibition and Other-Directedness fully mediated the relation between co-rumination and depression. When analyses were performed separately for males and females, mediation persisted only for females. Findings suggest that among young women, co-rumination with a friend may be associated with depressive symptoms because of its activation of specific maladaptive cognitive schemas. Better understanding of the content and processes underpinning co-rumination may have important implications for the prevention and treatment of depression.