Anger and Depression

Evidence of a Possible Mediating Role for Rumination

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ID13664019
AutoresMichela Balsamo (0000-0001-5396-3853, Department of Biomedical Sciences “G. d'Annunzio” University, Chieti Postgraduate School of Cognitive Psychotherapy, autor de correspondencia)
Año2010
Volumen106
Número1
Páginas3-12
Fecha de publicación2010-02-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaPsychological Reports (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0033-2941 • E-ISSN: 1558-691X
EditorialSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2466/pr0.106.1.3-12
PMID20402420
OpenAlexW2110041380
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas4
Referencias citadas50

Tendency to ruminate may mediate the relationship between anger and depression. In this preliminary study, 353 Italian community participants completed the State-Trait Anger Expression Inventory-2, the Padua Inventory's Tendency to Doubt and to Ruminate subscale, and the Beck Depression Inventory-II. Trait anger and depression were expected to have a positive relationship, and separate relationships with the tendency to ruminate. Theoretically, a new hypothesis was that the tendency to ruminate would mediate the relationship between depression and anger. Zero-order and partial correlations and a path analysis based on Baron and Kenny's method for calculating multiple regression analyses were calculated. Consistent with the hypotheses, anger and depression were strongly associated; the tendency to ruminate was significantly associated with both anger and depression; and the mediation model fit the data. Behaviors related to the tendency to ruminate could help to explain how depression is related to anger

Anger · Cognition · Depression (economics · Developmental psychology · Psychiatry · Rumination · Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development · Clinical Psychology · Mental Health Research Topics · Psychology