The purpose of this study was to evaluate the predictive relationship of response styles (i.e., rumination and distraction) to depression and anxiety in children and to test the hypothesis that response styles explain the emergence of sex differences in depression in adolescence. Children in the 2nd through 7th grade completed questionnaires that measure response styles, depressive and anxious symptoms, and stressors. The reliability and validity of a response styles questionnaire, designed specifically for children, was established through multisample confirmatory factor analysis, and by examining the internal consistency, retest reliability, and convergent and divergent validity of the measure. The predictive association between response styles and depressive symptoms was examined and the diathesis–stress model was tested by examining the moderating effects of stress on the relationship between rumination and changes in depressive and anxious symptoms. Results revealed that rumination and distraction were positively and significantly correlated, suggesting that they are not orthogonal in nature. In addition, results revealed that rumination predicted both depressive and anxious symptoms, and that 6th/7th grade girls ruminated more than same aged boys. Stress did not moderate the relationship between response styles and anxiety. In contrast, the interaction between rumination and stress predicted later depression; however, the direction of the interaction was inconsistent with the prediction of the theory. Implications for the downward extension of response styles to children are discussed. / A Dissertation submitted to the Department of Psychology in partial fulfillment of
the Requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. / Degree Awarded: Summer Semester, 2005. / Date of Defense: July 8, 2004. / Depression, Anxiety, Response Styles, Children / Includes bibliographical references. / Janet Kistner, Professor Directing Dissertation; Frances Prevatt, Outside Committee Member; Thomas Joiner, Committee Member; Colleen Kelley, Committee Member; Bryan Loney, Committee Member.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_168828 |
| Contributors | Driscoll, Kimberly Ann (authoraut), Kistner, Janet (professor directing dissertation), Prevatt, Frances (outside committee member), Joiner, Thomas (committee member), Kelley, Colleen (committee member), Loney, Bryan (committee member), Department of Psychology (degree granting department), Florida State University (degree granting institution) |
| Publisher | Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Language | English, English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text, text |
| Format | 1 online resource, computer, application/pdf |
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