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State And Trait Rumination Effects On Overt Attention To Reminders Of Errors In A Challenging General Knowledge Retrieval Task, Ronald C. Whiteman, Jennifer A. Mangels
State And Trait Rumination Effects On Overt Attention To Reminders Of Errors In A Challenging General Knowledge Retrieval Task, Ronald C. Whiteman, Jennifer A. Mangels
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Rumination is a recurrent and repetitive manner of thinking that can be triggered by blockage of personally relevant goals, creating a temporary state of abstract and evaluative self-focus. Particularly when focused on passive “brooding” over one’s problems and feelings, however, rumination can increase negative affect, interfere with problem-solving, and, through a negative feedback cycle, become a chronic trait-like style of responding to personal challenges, particularly in women. Given the pervasiveness of rumination and its potential impact on cognitive processes and emotional states, the present study asks how it impacts attention to feedback that either reminds individuals of goal-state discrepancies (reminders …