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On the specificity of positive emotional dysfunction in psychopathology: Evidence from the mood and anxiety disorders and schizophrenia/schizotypy

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Watson, David, Naragon-Gainey, Kristin·2010·Clinical Psychology Review
DOI 10.1016/j.cpr.2009.11.002PMC PMC2891217
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We review recent research to establish that the associations between positive emotional experience and major forms of psychopathology show considerable specificity. Although indicators of low positive affect are consistently related to both social anxiety/social phobia and schizophrenia/schizotypy, they are more strongly linked to depression, thereby displaying relative specificity. Moreover, low positive affect actually shows greater specificity than the diagnostic criteria for depression and is most strongly related to those symptoms (anhedonia, dysphoria, lassitude, suicidality) that are specific to the disorder. With regard to social phobia, findings suggest that low positive affect is more strongly related to the generalized subtype than to the non-generalized performance subtype. Analyses of schizophrenia/schizotypy indicate that although low positive affect is consistently associated with the negative symptoms (e.g., constricted affect, social aloofness), it is only weakly related to positive symptoms (e.g., magical thinking, perceptual aberrations, suspiciousness). Other data suggest that schizophrenia is associated with an anticipatory pleasure deficit, such that individuals with the disorder engage in rewarding activities less frequently because they do not expect to derive pleasure from them. Finally, we summarize evidence indicating that elevated positive affect is both a risk factor for bipolar disorder and a concomitant of manic symptoms.

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Authors
Watson, D., & Naragon-Gainey, K.
Affiliations
University of Iowa (US)
Corresponding author
Watson, David
ORCID
Watson, David
Venue
Clinical Psychology Review
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2010-11
Volume
30
Issue
7
Pages
839-848
ISSN
0272-7358 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1016/j.cpr.2009.11.002
PMC
PMC2891217
OpenAlex
W1991351725
Cited by
349
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76
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FWCI
1.49
Type
journal article
Language
en
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Locations
  • Clinical Psychology Review (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders
National Institute of Mental Health (R01MH068472)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Mental Health Research Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Schizophrenia research and treatment
Keywords
positive affect, depression, social anxiety, social anxiety disorder, schizophrenia, schizotypy, anhedonia, dysphoria, bipolar disorder, manic symptoms, negative symptoms, positive symptoms, diagnostic specificity
MeSH terms
Anxiety, Mental Disorders, Depression, Emotions, Humans, Models, Psychological

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