Rumination (psychology)

For other uses, see Rumination (disambiguation).

Rumination appears closely related to worry.

Rumination is the focused attention on the symptoms of one's mental distress. In 1998, Nolen-Hoeksema proposed the Response Styles Theory,[1][2] which is the most widely used conceptualization model of rumination. However, other theories have proposed different definitions for rumination. For example, in the Goal Progress Theory, rumination is conceptualized not as a reaction to a mood state, but as a "response to failure to progress satisfactorily towards a goal".[3] According to multiple studies, rumination is a mechanism that develops and sustains psychopathology conditions such as anxiety, depression, and other negative mental disorders.[4] There are some defined models of rumination, mostly interpreted by the measurement tools. [5] Multiple tools exist to measure ruminative thoughts. Treatments specifically addressing ruminative thought patterns are still in the early stages of development.[6]

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  2. ^ Nolan SA, Roberts JE, Gotlib IH (1998). "Neuroticism and ruminative response style as predictors of change in depressive symptomatology" (PDF). Cognitive Therapy and Research. 22 (5): 445–455. doi:10.1023/A:1018769531641. S2CID 15419457.
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  4. ^ Li, Pan; Mao, Lingyun; Hu, Maorong; Lu, Zihang; Yuan, Xin; Zhang, Yanyan; Hu, Zhizhong (January 2022). "Mindfulness on Rumination in Patients with Depressive Disorder: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials". International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 19 (23): 16101. doi:10.3390/ijerph192316101. ISSN 1660-4601. PMC 9737922. PMID 36498174.
  5. ^ Smith, Jeannette M.; Alloy, Lauren B. (1 March 2009). "A roadmap to rumination: A review of the definition, assessment, and conceptualization of this multifaceted construct". Clinical Psychology Review. 29 (2): 116–128. doi:10.1016/j.cpr.2008.10.003. ISSN 0272-7358. PMC 2832862. PMID 19128864.
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