01959nas a2200229   4500000000100000008004100001260007600042653002100118653002500139653002400164653002200188653002300210653002700233100001500260700001600275245012100291300001200412490000700424520127000431022001401701020001401715       2006                            d  c07/2006bSociedad Española para el Estudio de la Ansiedad y el Estrés10aRuminative style10aEmotional complexity10aemotional attention10aemotional clarity10aEmotion regulation10aEmotional intelligence1 aG. Hervás1 aC. Vázquez00aExploring the emotional precursors of ruminative styles: The role of emotional complexity and emotional intelligence  a279-2920 v123 aAlthough a number of experimental and naturalistic studies have demonstrated the relevant role of ruminative styles in the onset, duration and severity of depressive episodes, research on the precursors of the ruminative responses is needed. In this study, we explored in a general population sample the role of several emotional precursors of ruminative styles. Firstly, we examined the role of Emotional Attention, Emotional Clarity and Emotional Repair (Salovey et al., 1995). Secondly, we analyzed the role of Emotional Complexity (Hervás, Hernangómez y Vázquez, 2004), which can be defined as the tendency to simultaneously experience different emotions when being sad. Our results showed that although all these variables were significantly related to a ruminative style, only emotional complexity and emotional attention explained unique variance. Moreover, emotional attention partially mediated the relationship between emotional complexity and ruminative tendencies. The implications for the treatment of rumination in several psychological disorders—for example, the convenience of including emotional intelligence strategies in such treatments—are discussed. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved) (Source: journal abstract)  a1134-7937  a2174-0437