Is there an association between rumination and self-reported physical health?: A one-year follow-up in a young and an elderly sample

Journal of Behavioral Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 215-231

  Thomsen, Dorthe Kirkegaard ^a,d   Mehlsen, Mimi Yung ^a   Olesen, Frede ^b   Hokland, Marianne ^b   Viidik, Andrus ^b   Avlund, Kirsten ^c   Zachariae, Robert ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^d Department of Psychology ^*  (Denmark)

Author keywords

Age; Coping; Rumination; Self reported health

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; POPULATION RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; RUMINATION; SELF REPORT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PHYSICAL FITNESS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF DISCLOSURE;

EID: 3543097414     PISSN: 01607715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:JOBM.0000028496.41492.34     Document Type: Article

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