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KMID : 0981220150150010077
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Congnitive Behavior Therapy in Korea
2015 Volume.15 No. 1 p.77 ~ p.94
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The Mediation Effects of Meaning Making and Redemption on the Relationship between Self-Focused Attention and Depression
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Lee Jong-Eun
Yang Jae-Won
Kim Geun-Young
Yang Eun-Joo
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Abstract
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This study investigated the roles of two dimensions of self-focused attention (reflection and rumination) in depression by examining the characteristics in the narrative of a negative life event as mediators. An online self-report survey about rumination, reflection, and depression was administered to a community sample, who also wrote an essay about one’s life-turning point. Data from 825 participants who reported a negative event as a life-turning point were included in the analysis. Using the narrative identity methodology, the characteristics appeared in the narrative of the negative life event were assessed with two indices, the meaning making and the redemption. Results showed that the partial mediation model in which rumination and reflection predicted depression via meaning making and redemption adequately fitted the data. Specifically, redemption was negatively associated with rumination but positively with reflection. On the other hand, meaning making was positively related only with reflection. Both redemption and meaning making negatively predicted depression. The results imply that rumination and reflection operate distinctively in information processing, and suggest that they may yield differential effects on the interpretation of negative life events.
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KEYWORD
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self-focused attention, rumination, reflection, meaning making, redemption, narrative identity, depression
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