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A meta-analysis of emotional reactivity in major depressive disorder

Bylsma, Lauren M., Morris, Bethany H., Rottenberg, Jonathan·2008·Clinical Psychology Review

Abstract

Three alternative views regarding how Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) alters emotional reactivity have been featured in the literature: positive attenuation (reduced positive reactivity), negative potentiation (increased negative reactivity), and emotion context insensitivity (ECI; reduced positive and negative reactivity). Although empirical studies have accumulated on emotional reactivity in MDD, this report is to our knowledge the first systematic quantitative review of this topic area. In omnibus analyses of 19 laboratory studies comparing the emotional reactivity of healthy individuals to that of individuals with MDD, MDD was characterized by reduced emotional reactivity to both positively and negatively valenced stimuli, with the reduction larger for positive stimuli (d=-.53) than for negative stimuli (d=-.25). Results were similar when 3 major emotion response systems (self-reported experience, expressive behavior, and peripheral physiology) were analyzed individually. The ECI view of emotional reactivity in MDD is well supported by laboratory data. Implications for the understanding of emotions in MDD are discussed.

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  • A meta-analysis found that depressed individuals show less context-appropriate emotional reactivity to both positive and negative stimuli.

    “a recent meta-analysis of the experimental literature found that depressed individuals exhibit less context appropriate emotional reactivity to both positive and to negative stimuli (Bylsma, Morris, & Rottenberg, 2008).”

    From Psychological flexibility as a fundamental aspect of health (2010) · cites this paper as Bylsma, Morris, & Rottenberg, 2008

  • Depression is associated with reduced physiological reactivity to positive stimuli.

    “Depression, associated with less intense emotions, has also consistently been associated with reduced physiological reactivity to positive stimuli (Bylsma et al., 2008; Sloan and Sandt, 2010)”

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Authors
Bylsma, L. M., Morris, B. H., & Rottenberg, J.
Affiliations
University of South Florida (US)
Corresponding author
Rottenberg, Jonathan
Venue
Clinical Psychology Review
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2008-04
Volume
28
Issue
4
Pages
676-691
ISSN
0272-7358 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2035505019
Cited by
933
References
133
Citations by year
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FWCI
2.70
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Clinical Psychology Review (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Digital Commons - University of South Florida (University of South Florida) (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Pharmacology › Treatment of Major Depression
Keywords
major depressive disorder, emotional reactivity, expressive behavior
MeSH terms
Affect, Major Depressive Disorder, Humans

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