The Mediating Role of Rumination in the Relation between Basic Psychological Need Frustration and Depressive Symptoms
- Research within the framework of Basic Psychological Need Theory (BPNT) finds strong associations between basic need frustration and depressive symptoms. This study examined the role of rumination as an underlying mechanism in the association between basic psychological need frustration and depressive symptoms. A cross-sectional sample of N = 221 adults (55.2% female, mean age = 27.95, range = 18–62, SD = 10.51) completed measures assessing their level of basic psychological need frustration, rumination, and depressive symptoms. Correlational analyses and multiple mediation models were conducted. Brooding partially mediated the relation between need frustration and depressive symptoms. BPNT and Response Styles Theory are compatible and can further advance knowledge about depression vulnerabilities.
| Author details: | Andreas HeisselORCiDGND, Anou F. PietrekORCiDGND, Maria KangasORCiD, Jolene Van der Kaap-DeederORCiD, Michael Armin RappORCiDGND |
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| DOI: | https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm12020395 |
| ISSN: | 2077-0383 |
| Title of parent work (English): | Journal of Clinical Medicine |
| Publisher: | MDPI |
| Place of publishing: | Basel, Schweiz |
| Publication type: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Date of first publication: | 2023/01/04 |
| Publication year: | 2023 |
| Release date: | 2023/02/08 |
| Tag: | depressive disorder; elf-determination theory; emotional regulation; frustration; psychopathology; response styles theory; rumination |
| Volume: | 12 |
| Article number: | 395 |
| Print run: | 2 |
| Number of pages: | 10 |
| First page: | 1 |
| Last Page: | 10 |
| Organizational units: | Extern / Extern |
| Humanwissenschaftliche Fakultät / Strukturbereich Kognitionswissenschaften | |
| DDC classification: | 6 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften / 61 Medizin und Gesundheit / 610 Medizin und Gesundheit |
| Peer review: | Referiert |
| Grantor: | Publikationsfonds der Universität Potsdam |
| Publishing method: | Open Access / Gold Open-Access |
| License (German): |  CC-BY - Namensnennung 4.0 International |
| External remark: | Zweitveröffentlichung in der Schriftenreihe Zweitveröffentlichungen der Universität Potsdam : Humanwissenschaftliche Reihe ; 811 |
