Abstract
The purpose of this study was to investigate the possibility that negative rumination is one of the vulnerabilities to depression in college students (N = 513; N = 360). We compared the relationship between the severity of previous depressive episodes and negative rumination, with the relationship between the severity of previous depressive episodes and the other well-known psychological vulnerabilities to depression (perfectionism, melancholic personality, and attribution style). The results indicated that negative rumination was more closely related to the severity of previous depressive episodes than the other variables. This finding suggests that negative rumination is a significant factor leading to depression.
