Mediating role of depression in the relationship between brooding rumination and suicidal ideation

Objectives: to investigate the relationship between the rumination patterns,depression and suicidal ideation and the mediating role of depression in the relationship between brooding rumination and suicidal ideation among adults. study design: cross sectional study place and duration of study: rawalpindi and islamabad sample were collected during the month of march 2014. methodology: sample comprised of 200 individuals. age ranged between 21 to 70 years (m = 40.60,sd = 14.20),with almost equal participation of both,males and females. urdu translated versions of siddiqui shah depression scale (ssds); beck scale for suicidal ideation (bssi); and rumination response scales (rrs) were used to measure the depression,suicidal ideation and rumination respectively. results: results showed that there was a significant positive relationship between depression and suicidal ideation (r =.38,p <.01),brooding rumination was significantly positively associated with depression (r =.50,p <.01) and with suicidal ideation (r =.22,p <.01) and reflective rumination was also significantly positively associated with depression(r =.41,p <.01) but not with suicidal ideation (r =.08,p=ns). depression fully mediates the relationship between brooding rumination (β =.36,p<.01) and suicidal ideation. conclusion: brooding rumination invokes the depression that subsequently leads to suicidal ideation. quite contrary,reflective rumination buffers the effect of depression and suicidal ideation. moreover,these results may guide appropriate psychosocial interventions. © 2015,liaquat university of medical and health sciences. all rights reserved.