Through the practice of Mindfulness Meditation (MM), meditators become familiar with the
observation of ongoing spontaneous thoughts, while maintaining an attitude of openness …

While many clinical studies and overviews on the contribution of rumination to depression
exist, relatively little information regarding the role of mind wandering (MW) in general is …

Research indicates that core dimensions of psychological well-being can be cultivated
through intentional mental training. Despite growing research in this area and an increasing …

The COVID-19 pandemic led to lockdowns in countries across the world, changing the lives
of billions of people. The United Kingdom's first national lockdown, for example, restricted …

The self is experienced differently in depression. It is infused with pervasive low mood, and
structured by negative self-related thoughts. The concept of the self has been difficult to …

The previous two decades have seen an exponential increase in the number of published
scientific investigations on the efficacy of mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) …

Although central to well-being, functional and dysfunctional thoughts arise and unfold over
time in ways that remain poorly understood. To shed light on these mechanisms, we …

Background The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic has led to a mental health crisis on a global scale.
Epidemiological studies have reported a drastic increase in mental health problems, such as …

Rumination is a process of uncontrolled, narrowly focused negative thinking that is often self‐
referential, and that is a hallmark of depression. Despite its importance, little is known about …

Previous research suggests that patterns of ongoing thought are heterogeneous, varying
across situations and individuals. The current study investigated the influence of multiple …