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%T The influence of rumination and distraction on depressed and anxious mood: a prospective examination of the response styles theory in children and adolescents %A Roelofs, Jeffrey %A Rood, Lea %A Meesters, Cor %A Dorsthorst, Valérie %A Bögels, Susan %A Alloy, Lauren B. %A Nolen-Hoeksema, Susan %J European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry %N 10 %P 635-642 %V 18 %D 2009 %K Adolescents; Children; Distraction; Response styles theory; Rumination %= 2010-11-16T10:05:00Z %~ http://www.peerproject.eu/ %> https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-202788 %X The present study sought to test predictions of the response styles theory in a sample of children and adolescents. More specifically, a ratio approach to response styles was utilized to examine the effects on residual change scores in depression and anxiety. Participants completed a battery of questionnaires including measures of rumination, distraction, depression, and anxiety at baseline (Time 1) and 8–10 weeks follow-up (Time 2). Results showed that the ratio score of rumination and distraction was significantly associated with depressed and anxious symptoms over time. More specifically, individuals who have a greater tendency to ruminate compared to distracting themselves have increases in depression and anxiety scores over time, whereas those who have a greater tendency to engage in distraction compared to rumination have decreases in depression and anxiety symptoms over time. These findings indicate that a ratio approach can be used to examine the relation between response styles and symptoms of depression and anxiety in non-clinical children and adolescents. Implications of the results may be that engaging in distractive activities should be promoted and that ruminative thinking should be targeted in juvenile depression treatment. %C DEU %G en %9 journal article %W GESIS - http://www.gesis.org %~ SSOAR - http://www.ssoar.info