부산대학교 도서관

This study aimed to shed light on a specific mechanism that explains the relationship between dating violence and depression symptoms. Based on previous studies and literature review, we proposed full and partial mediational models in which intrusive rumination would mediate the relationship between dating violence and depression symptoms. Two hundred thirty-seven women of their 20s who suffered from dating violence completed self-report inventories of dating violence, intrusive rumination, and depression symptoms online. Results from structural equation analysis supported the partial mediation model. In this model, all path coefficients were significant, and the indirect effect through intrusive rumination was also significant. These results suggest that dating violence not only directly affects depression symptoms, but also indirectly through the mediation of intrusive ruminations. In addition, the results regarding the relationship between subtypes of dating violence and intrusive rumination and depressive symptoms, as well as the mediating role of intrusive rumination, showed different patterns by subtype. Lastly, the implications and limitations of this study are discussed.