but not with inhibition of a prior task set (Whitmer & Banich, 2007), although training that affects attentional control also decreases rumination (Chambers, Lo, & Allen, 2008). The ability to willfully shift attention seems particularly relevant to rumination, although effortful attention focusing may assist in resisting the tendency to focus on prior thoughts. In addition, internalizing symptoms, in comparison to externalizing symptoms, were expected to be related to higher EC and perhaps sadness and to lower impulsivity and perhaps anger.
