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Training Positive Rumination in Expressive Writing to Enhance Psychological Adjustment and Working Memory Updating for Maladaptive Ruminators

Hongfei Yang, Huizhong Li
Frontiers in Psychology Summary & key facts 2020 15 citations

This small experiment tested whether training people to use positive rumination during counselor-led expressive writing would help their mood and working memory. Nineteen undergraduates took part: 10 maladaptive ruminators had five weeks of the training and 9 were in a control group. After training, the trained group showed better psychological…

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