The role of rumination in affective distress in people with a chronic physical illness: a review of the literature and theoretical formulation.
The role of maladaptive cognitive content among individuals with chronic physical illness has been acknowledged in cognitive models. Rumination has been documented as a key predictor of depression, and to a lesser extent of anxiety, in non-clinical samples. This paper provides a preliminary discussion of the potential role of rumination as a causal and maintaining factor for emotional distress in the setting of chronic physical illness. Although a number of methodological limitations exist, the current research on rumination may provide a useful framework for the extension of existing cognitive models in chronic illness.
School of Psychology, Psychiatry and Psychological Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, Monash University, Australia. hsoo@bigpond.net.au
Heather
H
Soo
Sue
S
Burney
Christopher
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Basten
D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D001007:Anxiety / Q000453:epidemiology; D001315:Australia / Q000453:epidemiology; D002908:Chronic Disease / Q000523:psychology*; D003863:Depression / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D008962:Models, Theoretical