Study on the relations of response styles and depressive symptoms in Chinese adolescents
10.3760/cma.j.issn.1674-6554.2015.05.020
- VernacularTitle:反应风格与青少年抑郁的相关性
- Author:
Jiajia DU
;
Jie CHEN
;
Xinying LI
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Rumination;
Distraction;
Problem-solving;
Ratio scores;
Adolescents;
Depressive Symptoms
- From:
Chinese Journal of Behavioral Medicine and Brain Science
2015;24(5):461-463
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective To investigate the effect of three response styles and the ratio scores on Chinese adolescent depressive symptoms,and to investigate the gender differences of response styles and the moderation effects of gender on the relations between response styles and depressive symptoms.Methods The response style questionnaire and the Children's Depression Inventory (CDI) were adopted to measure 932 adolescent twins.Results (1)Rumination was positively associated with adolescent depressive symptoms (r=0.485),positive response styles were negatively associated with adolescent depressive symptoms (r =-0.331).(2) Ratio score was positively associated with adolescent depressive symptoms(r=0.586) and the correlation between ratio score and depressive symptoms was even higher than that between response styles and depressive symptoms.(3) Gender differences of response styles were not significant in Chinese youth samples.(4)Gender moderated the relation between rumination and depressive symptoms(β=-0.07,P＜0.05).Conclusion Ratio scores can explain the relationship between response styles and depressive symptoms better than each of the three individual response styles,and the association between rumination and depressive symptoms is higher in girls.
