The Relationship Between Children's Beliefs About the Stability of Traits, Rumination, and Negative Affect

Abstract

This study examined the relationship between children’s beliefs about the stability of personality and physical traits, their style of introspection, their attributional style, and their mood. In addition, gender differences were examined. Data was collected from fifth grade students in a suburban public elementary school in the Northeast and analyzed using correlation analyses. Significant correlations were found between rumination style and mood scale, attributional style, and stability of traits. Moreover, when analyzed by gender, a significant correlation was found between rumination style and mood.