Relationships Among Sociotropy, Excessive Reassurance Seeking and Rumination in the Prediction of Depressive Symptoms

Relationships among predictors of depressive symptoms—sociotropy, excessive reassurance seeking, and rumination—were examined longitudinally in 190 undergraduates. There were full and partial mediation relationships among the three vulnerability variables in the prediction of depressive symptoms, and participants with higher numbers of risk factors displayed more depressive symptoms.