Attention, rumination and depression in youth with negative inferential styles: A prospective study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Negative inferential style, rumination and attention are cognitive vulnerabilities implicated in depression that first emerge in childhood and adolescence.

Methods

The current study used a prospective longitudinal design to examine whether rumination mediates the relationship between attention (selective attention, sustained attention, attentional switching, and divided attention) and depression (depressive symptoms and depressive episode onset) conditional on negative inferential style. A diverse community sample of adolescents (n = 364) completed semi-structured diagnostic interviews, behavioral measures of attention, and self-report measures of rumination, negative inferential style, and depression annually for three consecutive years.

Results

Rumination

SUBMITTER: Rifkin LS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8444224 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature