The purpose of this study is to verify the mediating effect of internal entrapment and rumination between self-criticism and depression in university students. The data from 354 undergraduate students were used for analysis. And Self-criticism Scale, ...
The purpose of this study is to verify the mediating effect of internal entrapment and rumination between self-criticism and depression in university students. The data from 354 undergraduate students were used for analysis. And Self-criticism Scale, The Korean version of The Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale(CES-D), Internal Entrapment Scale(IES), Korean-Ruminative Response Scale(K-RRS) are used for measurements. Using the SPSS 22.0 package, Pearson's correlation analysis and multiple regression analysis were used to analyze the data and examine mediating effect of internal entrapment and rumination.
The result of this study can be summarized at follows;
First, self-criticism showed significant positive correlation with depression, internal entrapment and rumination, and depression showed significant positive correlation with internal entrapment and rumination, and internal entrapment showed significant positive correlation with rumination. Second, internal entrapment partly mediated the relationship between self-criticism and depression. Lastly, rumination partly mediated the relationship between self-criticism and depression.
Based on the results of this study, the implications and limitations of this study were discussed with the suggestions for the further study.