Reflection, brooding, and suicidality: a preliminary study of different types of rumination in individuals with a history of major depression.

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OBJECTIVE: To examine the relationship between reflection, brooding, and suicidality in participants with a history of major depression. METHOD: Participants were divided into three groups - those who had never been suicidal (N=11), suicide ideators (N=11), and suicide attempters (N=10). Participants completed the Ruminative Responses Scale to explore scores on the brooding and reflection subscales in each group. RESULTS: There was a significant interaction between groups and type of self-fo...

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Authors: Crane, C; Barnhofer, T; Williams, J

• Publication status: Published
• Journal: British journal of clinical psychology / the British Psychological Society
• Volume: 46
• Issue: Pt 4
• Pages: 497-504
• Publication date: 2007-11-01
• DOI: 10.1348/014466507x230895
• ISSN: 0144-6657
• Language: English
• Keywords: Adolescent; Male; Adult; Depressive Disorder, Major; Suicide, Attempted; Thinking; England; Middle Aged; Problem Solving; Female; Humans; Suicide