Rumination, in psychology, is the sustained focus on and repetition of negative thoughts and emotions. Psychological interventions such as mindfulness practice have been studied as ways to help reduce this pattern of repetitive negative thinking, which is distinct from the digestive process of the same name in ruminant animals.
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Core ClaimRumination is the sustained focus on and repetition of negative thoughts and emotions. 1 First Described Year Classification
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1. Rumination (psychology) (Wikipedia)
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is the sustained focus on and repetition of negative thoughts and emotions.
2. Exploring depression: 3.5 Models of rumination (OpenLearn, Open University)
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(1991) Response Styles Theory (RST) considers rumination to consist of repetitive thinking about the causes, consequences and symptoms
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