Intolerance of uncertainty fuels depressive symptoms through rumination: Cross-sectional and longitudinal studies.

ABSTRACT: The current study replicated and extended previous studies by examining the mediating and moderating role of rumination in the relationship between intolerance of uncertainty (IU) and depression in a community sample using both cross-sectional (n = 494; 56.9% female) and a two-months longitudinal (n = 321; 48.4% female) designs. Participants in each study were recruited through online crowdsourcing websites and completed study questionnaires. Results from Study 1 suggested that, while rumination did not appear to moderate the relationship between IU and depression, rumination appeared to partially mediates such relationship. Results from Study 2 supported rumination as fully mediating the relationship between IU and depression over two months. The brooding and reflection rumination subtype

SUBMITTER: Huang V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6863525 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature