Depressive Rumination NATURE, THEORY AND TREATMENT -- Contents -- About the Editors -- List of Contributors -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- PART I NATURE AND CONSEQUENCES OF RUMINATION -- 1 Nature, Functions, and Beliefs about Depressive Rumination -- 2 The Consequences of Dysphoric Rumination -- 3 Reactive Rumination: Outcomes, Mechanisms, and Developmental Antecedents -- 4 Mental Control and Depressive Rumination -- 5 Physiological Aspects of Depressive Rumination -- PART II THEORIES OF RUMINATION -- 6 The Response Styles Theory -- 7 Rumination, Depression, and Metacognition: the S-REF Model -- 8 Rumination as a Function of Goal Progress, Stop Rules, and Cerebral Lateralization -- 9 A Comparison and Appraisal of Theories of Rumination -- PART III MEASUREMENT AND TREATMENT OF RUMINATION -- 10 Measurement of Depressive Rumination and Associated Constructs -- 11 Psychological Treatment of Rumination -- 12 Cognitive Therapy for Depressive Thinking -- 13 Metacognitive Therapy for Depressive Rumination -- Index.