Where a licence is displayed above, please note the terms and conditions of the licence govern your use of this document. When citing, please reference the published version. Take down policy While the University of Birmingham exercises care and attention in making items available there are rare occasions when an item has been uploaded in error or has been deemed to be commercially or otherwise sensitive.

and was a Highly Commended winner in the category of Healthcare Management of the 2014 Emerald/EFMD Outstanding Doctoral Research Awards. She teaches courses on strategy and human resource development. Her research interests include healthcare management and the use of new technologies (e.g. robotics, sensors, artificial intelligence, etc.) in healthcare and in other industries. Her work has been published in the

High levels of negative trait emotion have been shown to increase the likelihood that individuals are unable to "bounce back" from adversity. Some researchers attribute this to the intense negative emotional reactions associated with negative trait emotion. On the other hand, however, others argue that negative emotions are necessary for developing higher levels of resilience. Therefore, the question remains: What causes individuals with high levels of trait emotion to adapt poorly to adversity? This paper claimed that rumination may play an important role. Rumination has consistently been implicated as having a negative impact on resilience. Therefore, the research compared the mediating influence of negative emotions and rumination on the relationship between trait anger, trait depression, trait anxiety, and resilience. One hundred and six students from the University of York filled in measures assessing their levels of trait emotion, rumination, and resilience. They also rated their emotional reactions to several videos. Analyses indicated that higher levels of rumination partially mediated the relationship between all trait emotions and resilience. However, the emotional reactions did not have any mediating effect. The findings highlighted the negative impact of prolonged rumination on resilience. Future research should explore other cognitive mechanisms which may also account for the lower levels of resilience associated with trait emotion.

No abstract