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Rumination and Problem Solving: A Focus on Dispositions, Processes, and the Five-Step Framework

Scheller, Katey Rae (North Dakota State University, 2010)

Rumination is a method of responding to and coping with negative moods that involves repetitively and passively focusing on the causes, consequences, and symptoms of negative mood (Nolen-Hoeksema, 1991 ). Research has ...

Conquering Avoidance by Avoiding Death: The Effects of Mortality Salience on Goal Value, Goal Commitment, and Goal Pursuit in Depressive Individuals

Myxter, Peter John (North Dakota State University, 2010)

Research into the antecedents and consequences of successful goal pursuit is reviewed within the framework of a proposed existential intervention for depression. Behavioral perspectives propose that insufficient goal ...