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August 1, 2000Journal of Abnormal Psychology

The role of rumination in depressive disorders and mixed anxiety/depressive symptoms.

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SNSusan Nolen–Hoeksema

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Longitudinal analysis reveals rumination predicts depressive episodes and anxiety symptoms in affected individuals, highlighting its role in mixed affective conditions.

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  • To examine whether ruminative responses predict depressive disorders, including new depressive episode onset and chronicity, as well as anxiety symptoms.
  • Conducted longitudinal analyses evaluating the association between ruminative responses and clinical outcomes.
  • Assessed new onsets and chronicity of depressive disorders and anxiety symptoms, evaluating effects before and after accounting for baseline depressive symptoms.
  • Rumination predicted depressive disorders over time, including the onset of new depressive episodes, after accounting for baseline depression levels.
  • Rumination predicted the chronicity of depressive disorders prior to controlling for baseline depressive symptoms, but not after adjustment.
  • Rumination also predicted anxiety symptoms and was particularly characteristic of individuals presenting with mixed anxiety and depressive symptoms.

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Susan Nolen–Hoeksema (2000) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69d7f3e45c3030ff03d188cdhttps://doi.org/10.1037/0021-843x.109.3.504
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