Research On The Status And Relationship Of Ruminating Thinking, Time Insight And Depression Among College Students

Depression is one of the most common psychological problems among college students,and also a problem in mental health education in colleges,what's more it restricts the individuals' development.This essay is target on exploring the college students' depression deeply and providing the intervention strategy for depression.The present study examined the effect of time perspective on the relationship between rumination and depression.Data collected from a sample of 677 college students comprised a questionnaire of rumination,an inventory of time perspective and a measurement of current symptoms of depression.Different statistical methods were used in the whole data process,such as factor analysis,correlation analysis,regression analysis.Based on data analysis,the main results of the present study as follows:Rumination had a significant correlation with depression symptoms.Future time perspective and positive past time perspective both had significant negative correlation with depression.While the negative past time perspective and dominated time perspective both had significant positive correlation with depression.From the above results,several conclusions were obtained.Rumination positively predicted depression.Future time perspective and positive past time perspective both positively predicted depression.The relation between rumination and depression were alleviated by future time perspective,positive past time perspective,while strengthened by negative past time perspective and dominated time perspective.The results indicate that rumination is a dangerous factor for depression.Developing a future time perspective or positive past-time perspective help us to decrease the trend toward depression,even we are in rumination.While the negative past-time perspective is increase the possibility of depression when we are in rumination.