title: Thinking about rumination: the scholarly contributions and intellectual legacy of Susan Nolen-Hoeksema.
abstract: Our article reviews and celebrates Susan Nolen-Hoeksema's remarkable contributions to psychological and clinical science, focusing on her vast body of theoretical and empirical work and her influence on colleagues and students. Susan spent her career trying to understand how and why a style of regulating emotions called rumination increases vulnerability to depression and exacerbates and perpetuates negative moods. More broadly, we describe research by Susan and her colleagues on the predictors of depression in childhood and adolescence; gender differences in depression and rumination in adolescence and adulthood; roots, correlates, and adverse consequences of ruminative response styles; and rumination as a transdiagnostic risk factor for not only depression but also a host of psychological disorders, including anxiety, substance abuse, and eating disorders. Susan's intellectual legacy is evident in her impressive publication and citation record, the clinical applications of her work, and the flourishing careers of the students she mentored.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of California, Riverside, California 92521; email: sonja.lyubomirsky@ucr.edu.
authors.forename: Sonja
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lyubomirsky
authors.forename: Kristin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Layous
authors.forename: Joseph
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Chancellor
authors.forename: S Katherine
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Nelson
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D003863:Depression / Q000209:etiology / Q000266:history / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011582:Psychological Theory; D011586:Psychology, Clinical / Q000266:history; D012307:Risk Factors; D012737:Sex Factors; D014481:United States
keywords: Biography; depression; gender; response styles theory; rumination; transdiagnostic risk factor