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31st APS Annual Convention · 2019

Avoidance Motivation and Symptoms of Depression: Distinguishing Mediational Effects of Rumination

Washington, DC · May 2019

Poster · Clinical Science

  • Katelyn Hakinson
    Palo Alto University
  • Jacqueline Kantor
    Palo Alto University
  • Gregory Miller
    University of California, Los Angeles
  • Wendy Heller
    University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  • Stacie Warren
    Palo Alto University

Abstract

Dysfunction in motivational systems has been associated with depression. Rumination, a common avoidance strategy has been found to exacerbate depression. Rumination was tested as a mediator in the relationship between avoidance motivation and depressive symptoms. Results indicate that rumination mediates the relationship between high avoidance motivation and different depressive symptoms.

Motivation

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