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Dwelling on it may make it worse: The links between relational victimization, relational aggression, rumination, and depressive symptoms in adolescents

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 July 2014

Lindsay C. Mathieson ,
Bonnie Klimes-Dougan  and
Nicki R. Crick
Lindsay C. Mathieson*
Affiliation:
Sunny Hill Health Centre for Children, Vancouver
Bonnie Klimes-Dougan
Affiliation:
University of Minnesota
Nicki R. Crick
Affiliation:
University of Minnesota
*
Address correspondence and reprint requests to: Lindsay C. Mathieson, Sunny Hill Health Centre, 3644 Slocan Street, Vancouver, BC V5M 3E8, Canada; E-mail: [email protected].
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Abstract

Although there is considerable evidence that relational victimization is associated with depressive symptoms in youth, our understanding about the mechanisms by which victimization and depressive symptoms are linked is limited. The current study explored ruminating about victimization experiences as a potential mechanism that might contribute to an understanding of the association between relational victimization and depressive symptoms. We also tested the specificity of the proposed models by controlling for and testing parallel models of a highly related behavior: relational aggression. A sample of 499 adolescents from sixth through eighth grades participated. Teacher reports were used to assess relational victimization and relational aggression. Self-reports were used to assess depressive symptoms and rumination. The results showed that rumination partially mediated the association between relational victimization and depressive symptoms. No moderation effect was found. In contrast, rumination moderated the association between relational aggression and depressive symptoms. Specifically, relational aggression was associated with depressive symptoms for those adolescents who were also ruminators. Thus, ruminating about victimization experiences appears to be an important mechanism that functions differently for relational aggression and relational victimization in conferring risk for depressive symptoms. The findings offer important practical implications for those working with adolescents and also lay the groundwork for future research.

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Development and Psychopathology , Volume 26 , Special Issue 3: The Legacy of Nicki R. Crick's Contributions to Developmental Psychopathology , August 2014 , pp. 735 - 747
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