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'''Perseverative cognition'''<ref name="BPT2005">{{cite journal | last1 = Brosschot | first1 = J.F. | last2 = Pieper | first2 = S. | last3 = Thayer | first3 = J.F. | year = 2005 | title = Expanding Stress Theory: Prolonged Activation And Perseverative Cognition | journal = Psychoneuroendocrinology | volume = 30 | issue = 10| pages = 1043–9 | doi = 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2005.04.008 | pmid=15939546| s2cid = 21406930 }}</ref><ref name="BGT2006">{{cite journal | last1 = Brosschot | first1 = J.F | last2 = Gerin | first2 = W. | last3 = Thayer | first3 = J.F. | year = 2006 | title = Worry and health: the perseverative cognition hypothesis | journal = Journal of Psychosomatic Research | volume = 60 | issue =2 2| pages = 113–12113–124 | doi = 10.1016/j.jpsychores.2005.06.074 | pmid = 16439263 }}</ref> is a collective term in [[psychology]] for continuous thinking about negative events<ref name= "W2008">{{cite journal | last1 = Watkins | first1 = E. R. | year = 2008 | title = Constructive and unconstructive repetitive thought | journal = Psychological Bulletin | volume = 134 | issue = 2| pages = 163–206 | doi = 10.1037/0033-2909.134.2.163 | pmid = 18298268 | pmc = 2672052 }}</ref> in the past or in the future (e.g. [[worry]], [[rumination (psychology)|rumination]] and brooding, but also [[mind wandering]] about negative topics<ref name= "OSC2013">{{cite journal | last1 = Ottaviani | first1 = C. | last2 = Shapiro | first2 = D. | last3 = Couyoumdjian | first3 = A. | year = 2013 | title = Flexibility as the key for somatic health: From mind wandering to perseverative cognition | journal = Biological Psychology | volume = 94 | issue = 1| pages = 38–43 | doi = 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2013.05.003 | pmid = 23680439 | s2cid = 17843863 }}</ref><ref name= "OC2013">{{cite journal | last1 = Ottaviani | first1 = C | last2 = Couyoumdjian | first2 = A | year = 2013 | title = Pros and cons of a wandering mind: a prospective study | journal = Frontiers in Psychology | volume = 4| pages = 524 | doi = 10.3389/fpsyg.2013.00524 | pmid = 23966964 | pmc = 3743222 | doi-access = free }}</ref>).

It has been shown to have [[physiological]] effects, such as increased heart rate, blood pressure and cortisol, in daily life as well as under controlled laboratory conditions.<ref name="ZD2011">{{cite journal | last1 = Zoccola | first1 = P.M. | last2 = Dickerson | first2 = S.D. | last3 = Yim | first3 = I. S. | year = 2011 | title = Trait and state perseverative cognition and the cortisol awakening response | journal = Psychoneuroendocrinology | volume = 36 | issue = 4| pages = 592–595 | doi = 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2010.10.004 | pmid=21050668| s2cid = 23748341 }}</ref><ref name="OLMCTVB2015">{{cite journal | last1 = Ottaviani | first1 = C. | last2 = Lonigro | first2 = A. | last3 = Medea | first3 = B. | last4 = Couyoumdjian | first4 = A. | last5 = Thayer | first5 = J.F. | last6 = Verkuil | first6 = B. | last7 = Brosschot | first7 = J.F. | year = 2015 | title = Physiological Concomitants of Perseverative Cognition: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis | journal = Psychological Bulletin | volume = 142| issue = 3| pages = 231–259| doi = 10.1037/bul0000036 | pmid = 26689087 }}</ref> Because of these physiological effects, the psychological concept of perseverative cognition helps to explain how [[psychological stress]], such as [[work stress]] and marital stress, leads to disease, such as [[cardiovascular disease]].