Abstract
The current study was designed to examine the association between perceptions of inter-parental conflict (IPC) in childhood and rumination and depressive symptoms in early adulthood. Family functioning variables (IPC and parenting), rumination, and depressive symptoms were assessed in a sample of college students (N = 131). Results suggested that threat aspects of IPC were significantly associated with rumination, and this association remained statistically significant when controlling for current depressive symptoms and parenting variables. Results also provided evidence for indirect effects of threat aspects of IPC on depressive symptoms through rumination. This is the first study to examine the associations among IPC, rumination, and depression, and results suggest that rumination may be a mechanism by which perceptions of IPC during childhood increase risk for depression in adulthood.
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