Susan Nolen-Hoeksema
Susan K. Nolen-Hoeksema | |
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| Born | May 22, 1959 |
| Died | January 2, 2013 (aged 53) New Haven, Connecticut, United States |
| Alma mater | Yale University (BA) University of Pennsylvania (MA, PhD) |
| Known for | Rumination, depression, gender |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Psychology |
| Institutions | Stanford University University of Michigan Yale University |
| Thesis | Developmental studies of explanatory style, and learned helplessness in children (depression) (1986) |
| Doctoral advisor | Martin E.P. Seligman |
| Doctoral students | Sonja Lyubomirsky Brian Knutson |
Susan Kay Nolen-Hoeksema (May 22, 1959 – January 2, 2013) was an American professor of psychology at Yale University. Her research explored how mood regulation strategies could correlate to a person's vulnerability to depression, with special focus on a depression-related construct she called rumination as well as gender differences. She is credited with bringing rumination to the attention of clinical psychology, and since the time of her early writings, rumination has emerged as one of the most powerful cognitive risk factors for depression.