The cessation of rumination through self-affirmation.

1999/07/01 by Sander L. Koole, Karianne Smeets, Ad van Knippenberg +1 · 393 citations
Psychology · #Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes #Cognition #Developmental psychology #Optimism, Hope, and Well-being #Psychological and Temporal Perspectives Research #Psychology #Rumination #Self-affirmation #Social psychology

paper · doi:10.1037/0022-3514.77.1.111

published in Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 77(1), 111-125 (American Psychological Association)

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Abstract

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