Getting stuck in depression: The roles of rumination and emotional inertia

Cognition and Emotion

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1412-1427

  Koval, Peter ^a   Kuppens, Peter ^a,b   Allen, Nicholas B ^b,c   Sheeber, Lisa ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c THE NATIONAL CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE IN YOUTH MENTAL HEALTH   (Australia)

^d OREGON RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Depression; Emotional inertia; Perseveration; Psychological flexibility; Rumination

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANGER; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DSM-IV; DYSPHORIA; EMOTION; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; EMOTIONAL INERTIA; FAMILY INTERACTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; NEGATIVE AFFECT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; RUMINATION; SADNESS; UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COGNITION; DEPRESSION; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES;

EID: 84868701697     PISSN: 02699931     EISSN: 14640600     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02699931.2012.667392     Document Type: Article

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