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Longitudinal Predictions of the Brooding and Reflection Subscales of the Japanese Ruminative Responses Scale for Depression

Akira Hasegawa [email protected], Munenaga Koda, Tsuyoshi Kondo, Yosuke Hattori, and Jun KawaguchiView all authors and affiliations

Volume 113, Issue 2

https://doi.org/10.2466/02.15.PR0.113x24z5

Abstract

The Ruminative Responses Scale (RRS) is a measure of depressive rumination which has two subscales: Brooding and Reflection. This article examines the longitudinal predictions for depression and the test-retest reliability of the Brooding and Reflection of the Japanese RRS. Japanese university students (N = 378) completed the RRS, the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale (CES-D), and the Inventory to Diagnose Depression, Lifetime Version (IDDL) which was modified to assess symptoms experienced in the 8-wk. follow-up period. The standardized betas of the initial Brooding and Reflection subscales for the IDDL scores were significant and positive after controlling for baseline CES-D scores, but those for the CES-D scores at Time 2 were not significant. Longitudinal predictions of Brooding were partially consistent with those of other language versions (significant in almost all studies); however, longitudinal predictions of Reflection were not consistent with those of other language versions (negative in previous studies). The test-retest correlations of both subscales were similar to those obtained in Western countries.

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Akira Hasegawa

Faculty of Human Relations, Tokai Gakuin University, Japan

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Munenaga Koda

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Tsuyoshi Kondo

Graduate School of Medicine, University of the Ryukyus, Japan

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Yosuke Hattori

Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Japan

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Jun Kawaguchi

Department of Psychology, Nagoya University, Japan

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Address correspondence to Akira Hasegawa, Tokai Gakuin University, East Campus 360, 5-68 Naka-kirino, Kakamigahara City, Gifu, 504-8511, Japan or e-mail ([email protected])

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