Vulnerability factors for depression: Cognitive reactivity, rumination and habitual tendencies
4 Acknowledgements 5 Table of contents 6 Introduction 8 Cognitive reactivity 9 Rumination 11 Rumination as a mental habit 12 Aims of the present study 14 Method 15 Participants 15 Measures 16 Screening procedure 16 Background information 16 Psychiatric symptoms 16 Depression history and psychiatric status 16 Depressive rumination 16 Habitual characteristics of rumination 17 General habitual response tendencies 17 Cognitive reactivity 19 Sad mood induction 19 Mood manipulation check 19 Procedure 20 Statistical analysis 21 Results 22 Demographic variables 22 Psychiatric symptoms 22 Cognitive vulnerability factors 23 General habitual response tendencies 25 The association between rumination and habitual tendencies 26