Research Article
Rumination Mediates the Relationship between Infant Temperament and Adolescent Depressive Symptoms
Table 1
Descriptive statistics for overall negative emotionality, rumination, and depressive symptoms, by gender.
| | Girls | Boys | Comparison | Variable | M | SD | M | SD | t | |
| NE (infancy) | 2.94 | .58 | 2.84 | .56 | 1.46 | .146 | Rumination (13) | 2.02 | .55 | 1.77 | .53 | 3.91 | .000 | Depression (13) | 4.89 | 5.21 | 3.79 | 4.18 | 2.01 | .046 | Depression (15) | 5.74 | 5.82 | 3.84 | 4.95 | 3.03 | .003 |
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