Rethinking Rumination
Overview
This paper reviews the response styles theory regarding rumination and depression, summarizing evidence that rumination exacerbates depressive symptoms while also noting new findings on its predictive value for onset versus duration. The authors discuss how rumination relates to other psychopathologies such as anxiety and self-harm, and clarify distinctions between rumination, worry, and adaptive self-reflection. The resource covers cognitive deficits, neural correlates, and potential interventions, making it suitable for clinicians or researchers interested in the theoretical and empirical landscape of rumination.
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- OpenAlex
- Author
- Susan Nolen–Hoeksema (Yale University), Blair E. Wisco (Yale University), Sonja Lyubomirsky (University of California, Riverside)
- Published
- 2008-09-01
- OA status
- gold
- DOI
- 10.1111/j.1745-6924.2008.00088.x
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- Citations
- 5077
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BibTeX
@article{allodium:cbf3f9461dca4272,
title = {Rethinking Rumination},
author = {Susan Nolen–Hoeksema and Blair E. Wisco and Sonja Lyubomirsky},
year = {2008},
journal = {OpenAlex},
doi = {10.1111/j.1745-6924.2008.00088.x},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1745-6924.2008.00088.x}
}RIS
TY - JOUR TI - Rethinking Rumination AU - Nolen–Hoeksema, Susan AU - Wisco, Blair E. AU - Lyubomirsky, Sonja PY - 2008 PB - OpenAlex DO - 10.1111/j.1745-6924.2008.00088.x UR - https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1745-6924.2008.00088.x ER -
APA
Nolen–Hoeksema, S., Wisco, B. E., & Lyubomirsky, S. (2008). Rethinking Rumination. OpenAlex. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1745-6924.2008.00088.x
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