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Area of Science:

  • Psychology
  • Adolescent Mental Health
  • Clinical Psychology

Background:

  • The role of rumination in adolescent depression is debated.
  • Established the ruminative tendency style theory (RTST) to explore rumination's core role in adolescent depression.
  • Investigated associations between adolescent ruminative tendency, ruminative style, and depression.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To establish the ruminative tendency style theory (RTST).
  • To discuss the occurrence of depression in adolescents with rumination as the core.
  • To explore the different associations between adolescent ruminative tendency, ruminative style, and depression.

Main Methods:

  • Online questionnaire survey of 1110 Chinese adolescents (aged 12-17).
  • Assessed ruminative tendency, ruminative style, stressful life events, depressive state/trait, personality, and social support.
  • Utilized conditional process analysis and logistic regression for risk prediction modeling.

Main Results:

  • Significant chain mediation effect of ruminative tendency and depressive trait between stressful life events and depressive state (63.4% indirect effect).
  • Ruminative Style negatively moderated the relationship between Ruminative Tendency and Depressive Trait (β=-0.053, P＜0.001).
  • Developed and validated a logistic regression model for depressive state risk prediction with high accuracy (AUC 0.926-0.927).

Conclusions:

  • Distinct associations exist between adolescent ruminative tendency, ruminative style, and depression.
  • Ruminative style is a significant factor for intervention in adolescent depression.
  • The proposed ruminative tendency style theory offers a framework for understanding and addressing adolescent depression.