Rumination is intrusive, perseverative cognition. We suggest that one psychological consequence of ruminating about negative emotional events is that the events feel as though they happened metaphorically "just yesterday". Results from three studies showed that ruminating about real world anger provocations, guilt-inducing events, and sad times in the last year made these past events feel as th...

Abstract Anger rumination is an unconstructive cognitive-emotion regulation strategy that bears negative adjustment outcomes in youth. mostly examined as outcome of prior peer victimization. Unidirectional links between maladaptive anger and later difficulties have also been reported. Surprisingly, whether victimization are mutually related reinforcing poorly explored. The present study tested ...

Abstract. Despite corporal punishment being associated with negative developmental outcomes for children, it is commonly practiced in Malaysian courts, schools, and homes. This study examined the relationships among Dark Tetrad personality traits (Machiavellianism, narcissism, psychopathy, sadism), anger rumination, attitudes toward of children. Two hundred sixty-three participants from a unive...

Narcissists are thought to exhibit "narcissistic rage," an explosive mix of anger and hostility arising from threats to narcissists' fractured sense of self. Building on clinical views of narcissism, we present empirical evidence on the nature and sources of narcissistic rage. Findings from 4 studies reveal narcissistic vulnerability (but not grandiosity) as a powerful driver of rage, hostility...

Brooding rumination is associated with depressed mood, increased negative affect, prolonged anger and inhibited cardiovascular (CV) recovery. Distraction from rumination on a stressful interpersonal encounter is associated with faster CV recovery and decreased negative affect. Studies have suggested that a concurrent visuospatial (VS) task inhibits the maintenance of imagery associated with the...