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Background:Depressive disorder is the most prevalent psychiatric disorder that influences 350 million individuals worldwide. It negatively affects social, familial functioning, and work productivity due to depressive symptoms that include disturbed eating and sleep habits, lack the desire to do things, impaired social and occupational functioning, and inability to maintain successful relationship besides the depressed mood. In response to their depressive symptoms, some individuals use ruminative thoughts to identify why they feel depressed in an attempt solve their problem. However, rumination exaggerates the depressive symptoms and may impair social problem solving. Method:A descriptive cross sectional research design was conducted in the in-patient Psychiatry Department at Mansoura University Hospital. The data was collected from 85 patients living with depression who fulfilled the inclusion criteria. The Ruminative Response Scale (RRS) and Beck Depression Inventory (BDI-II) were used to achieve the purpose of the study.Results:The results of the current study revealed that severity of depression positively significantly correlated with ruminative thoughts (p= 0.010). Furthermore, weak negative significant correlation between severity of depression and reflection domain of rumination in (RRS)wasdetected (p=0.011).Weak positive significant correlation between severity of depression and brooding domain of rumination in (RRS) (p=0.007). Conclusion:in conclusion, the severity of depressive disorder was positively correlated with ruminative thoughts. |
