Emotions are part of every human being; they are part of the biological structural system. They are sensations that are acquired through neurological transmitters. Therefore, they play an important role in the development of people. From the sentimental perspective, which are internal feelings that, in turn, are divided into secondary and adaptive emotions, rumination consists of repetitive, intrusive, and unwanted ideas with feelings of worry, sadness, among others, that generate symptoms of emotional discomfort. Therefore, obsessive and difficult to handle ideas are presented.The general objective of the research was to know the rumination levels of university students according to age and gender. The quantitative approach was used, the descriptive method, the type of study was substantive with a sample of 850 students of the health career under a random probabilistic sampling. The Rum...