Elena García-Morales, Cristina Cuesta-Zamora, Marta Parra-Delgado, Verónica Jimeno-Jiménez, & Jorge Javier Ricarte
A study by García-Morales and colleagues, published in the Revista de Psicología Clínica con Niños y Adolescentes, examines the correlates of dissociative experiences, mood symptoms, and rumination in Spanish children.
Methodology:
- 588 children participated (46.4% boys; mean age = 11.04; SD = 0.76).
- They completed questionnaires on dissociative experiences, mood symptoms, and rumination.
- Correlation analysis and regression modeling were used to investigate the relationships among these variables.
Key Findings:
- Dissociative experiences were positively associated with mood symptoms and rumination.
- Rumination partially mediated the relationship between mood symptoms and dissociative experiences.
- No significant gender differences were observed in the variables studied.
Conclusions: Dissociative experiences in children are closely related to mood symptoms and rumination. Rumination acts as a mediating mechanism between negative mood and dissociative experiences. Intervening in rumination could reduce both mood symptoms and dissociative experiences.
The full article can be accessed here: https://www.revistapcna.com/sites/default/files/1_2349.pdf