Rumination has been defined as a negative form of repetitive focusing on the causes, meanings, and consequences of negative mood and depressive symptoms. Rumination seems to predict the beginning of depressive episodes, predict the maintaining of depression as well as the likelihood of the recurrence of depression.
Research suggests that ruminative thinking predicts depression because it interferes our ability to actually notice and experience emotionally relevant events going on around us, and respond in a way promotes valued-living.
