Are rumination and reflection types of self-focused attention?

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 871-881

  Silvia, Paul J ^a   Eichstaedt, Jan ^b   Phillips, Ann G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

^b HELMUT SCHMIDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Attention; Construct validity; Personality assessment; Reflection; Rumination; Self awareness; Self evaluation; Self focus

Indexed keywords

EID: 12344329491     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2004.06.011     Document Type: Article

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