Martin and Tesser (1989) proposed a “rumination theory” to describe an unintentional and recurrent cognitive process where the individuals dwell on recurrent negative thoughts despite the absence of immediate environmental cueing. Their motivational approach presents rumination as a...

Martin and Tesser (1989, 1996) proposed a “rumination theory” to describe a form of behavior where individuals dwell on recurrent negative thinking for no particular reason. Adopting a motivational approach, they present rumination as an often counterproductive thinking which stems from a...

Martin and Tesser (1989) proposed a “rumination theory” to describe an unintentional and recurrent cognitive process where the individuals dwell on recurrent negative thoughts despite the absence of immediate environmental cueing. Their motivational approach presents rumination as a...