Depressive Rumination: Nature, Theory and Treatment

About the Editors.

List of Contributors.

Preface.

Acknowledgements.

PART I: NATURE AND CONSEQUENCES OF RUMINATION.

1. Nature, Functions, and Beliefs about Depressive Rumination(Costas Papageorgiou and Adrian Wells).

2. The Consequences of Dysphoric Rumination (Sonja Lyubomirskyand Chris Tkach).

3. Reactive Rumination: Outcomes, Mechanisms, and DevelopmentalAntecedents (Jelena Spasojevic, Lauren B. Alloy, Lyn Y. Abramson,Donal MacCoon, and Matthew S. Robinson).

4. Mental Control and Depressive Rumination (Richard M.Wenzlaff).

5. Physiological Aspects of Depressive Rumination (Greg J.Siegle and Julian F. Thayer).

PART II: THEORIES OF RUMINATION.

6. The Response Styles Theory (Susan Nolen-Hoeksema).

7. Rumination, Depression, and Metacognition: The S-REF Model(Gerald Matthews and Adrian Wells).

8. Rumination as a Function of Goal Progress, Stop-Rules, andCerebral Lateralization (Leonard L. Martin, Ilan Shrira and HelenM. Startup).

9. A Comparison and Appraisal of Theories of Rumination (MelissaA. Brotman and Robert J. DeRubeis).

PART III: MEASUREMENT AND TREATMENT OF RUMINATION.

10. Measurement of Depressive Rumination and AssociatedConstructs (Olivier Luminet).

11. Psychological Treatment of Rumination (ChristinePurdon).

12. Cognitive Therapy for Depressive Thinking (Dean McMillan andPeter Fisher).

13. Metacognitive Therapy for Depressive Rumination (AdrianWells and Costas Papageorgiou).

Index.