Form: Negative Beliefs About Rumination Scale, NBRS

1 – Do not agree
2 – Agree slightly
3 – Agree moderately
4 – Agree very much
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2
3
4
1
Ruminating makes me physically ill.
2
When I ruminate I can't do anything else.
3
Ruminating means I'm out of control.
4
Everyone would desert me if they knew how much I ruminate about myself.
5
People will reject me if I ruminate.
6
Ruminating about my problems is uncontrollable.
7
Ruminating about my depression could make me kill myself.
8
Ruminating will turn me into a failure.
9
I cannot stop myself from ruminating.
10
Ruminating means I'm a bad person.
11
It is impossible not to ruminate about the bad things that have happened in the past.
12
Only weak people ruminate.
13
Ruminating can make me harm myself.

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