found: Work cat.: Depressive rumination: nature, theory and treatment, c2004:page [3] (Rumination, crudely defined as persistent, recyclic, depressive thinking, is a relatively common response to negative moods and a salient cognitive feature of dysphoria and major depressive disorder)
found: Advances in psychological research on health behavior, c2014:page [vii] (Rumination refers to a cognitive process of cyclical thinking centered around the consequences, causes and symptoms of one's negative experiences and emotions)
found: Oxford English Dictionary, viewed online Aug. 11, 2017(Rumination: 1.c. Psychiatry. Obsessive repetition of the same thoughts to a degree which interferes with normal psychological functioning)
found: Rumination: a problem in anxiety and depression, in Psychology today online, June 9, 2017(Rumination is one of the similarities between anxiety and depression. Ruminating is simply repetitively going over a thought or a problem without completion. When people are depressed, the themes of rumination are typically about being inadequate or worthless. The repetition and the feelings of inadequacy raise anxiety and anxiety interferes with solving the problem)
