Depression as a Predictor Rumination, Cognitive Defusion, and Subjective Vitality among University Students

Authors : Uğur Doğan, Tuğba Seda Çolak Turan, Betül Düşünceli

Pages : 343-355

Doi:10.30613/curesosc.1560955

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Publication Date : 2025-11-30

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :The study aims to examine university students\\\' rumination, cognitive defusion, and subjective vitality levels according to their depression levels. The study group consists of 846 students from two different universities. The data in this study was gathered by the Lovibond Depression, Anxiety, and Stress Scale, Ruminative Response Scale, Drexel Defusion Scale, and Subjective Vitality Scale. To reveal the relationship between variables in the data, the Pearson moment correlation coefficient was calculated. To determine if the rumination, cognitive defusion, and subjective vitality levels change in accordance with the depressive symptoms of the participants, ANOVA analysis was implemented, and to determine if there is a difference between the groups, Tukey was calculated among post hoc tests. The Jamovi (2019) program was used for the analysis of the data. As a result of this study, it was concluded that depression is negatively related to cognitive defusion and subject vitality, positively related to rumination. As the depression levels of individuals increase, their rumination level increases, their cognitive defusion levels decrease, and their subjective vitality levels decrease. At the same time, there was a negative relationship between rumination, cognitive defusion, and subjective vitality. There was a positive relationship between cognitive defusion and subjective vitality. The findings demonstrate that depression plays a critical role in shaping mental health dynamics among university students, offering novel insights into the interactions between depression, rumination, cognitive defusion, and subjective vitality.
Keywords : Depresyon, Ruminasyon, Bilişsel Ayrışma, Öznel Zindelik

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