The role of environmental sensitivity in the development of rumination and depressive symptoms in childhood: a longitudinal study.

ABSTRACT: Some children are more affected than others by their upbringing due to their increased sensitivity to the environment. More sensitive children are at heightened risk for the development of internalizing problems, particularly when experiencing unsupportive parenting. However, little is known about how the interplay between children's sensitivity and parenting leads to higher levels of depressive symptoms. In the current study, we investigated the interaction between early parenting and children's sensitivity on levels of depressive symptomatology in middle childhood, exploring the role of rumination as a possible mediator in a community sample. Participants included 196 USA resident families, from a middle class and mostly European-American background, and their healthy children, followed

SUBMITTER: Lionetti F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9666332 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature