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Reinforcement sensitivity, depression and anxiety: A meta-analysis and meta-analytic structural equation model

Katz, Benjamin A., Matanky, Kathryn, Aviram, Gidi, Yovel, Iftah·2020·Clinical Psychology Review
DOI 10.1016/j.cpr.2020.101842
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Abstract

Reinforcement Sensitivity Theory (RST) posits that individual differences in reward and punishment processing predict differences in cognition, behavior, and psychopathology. We performed a quantitative review of the relationships between reinforcement sensitivity, depression and anxiety, in two separate sets of analyses. First, we reviewed 204 studies that reported either correlations between reinforcement sensitivity and self-reported symptom severity or differences in reinforcement sensitivity between diagnosed and healthy participants, yielding 483 effect sizes. Both depression (Hedges' g = .99) and anxiety (g = 1.21) were found to be high on punishment sensitivity. Reward sensitivity negatively predicted only depressive disorders (g = -.21). More severe clinical states (e.g., acute vs remission) predicted larger effect sizes for depression but not anxiety. Next, we reviewed an additional 39 studies that reported correlations between reinforcement sensitivity and both depression and anxiety, yielding 156 effect sizes. We then performed meta-analytic structural equation modeling to simultaneously estimate all covariances and control for comorbidity. Again we found punishment sensitivity to predict depression (β = .37) and anxiety (β = .35), with reward sensitivity only predicting depression (β = -.07). The transdiagnostic role of punishment sensitivity and the discriminatory role of reward sensitivity support a hierarchical approach to RST and psychopathology.

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Authors
Katz, B. A., Matanky, K., Aviram, G., & Yovel, I.
Affiliations
Hebrew University of Jerusalem (IL)
Corresponding author
Katz, Benjamin A.
ORCID
Venue
Clinical Psychology Review
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2020-04
Volume
77
Pages
101842
ISSN
0272-7358 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1016/j.cpr.2020.101842
OpenAlex
W3009760869
Cited by
109
References
410
Citations by year
2026: 18 · 2025: 20 · 2024: 15 · 2023: 16 · 2022: 16 · 2021: 14 · 2020: 9
FWCI
2.01
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
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Locations
  • Clinical Psychology Review (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
Israel Science Foundation (886/18)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience › Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior
Keywords
Reinforcement Sensitivity Theory, punishment sensitivity, reward sensitivity, depression, anxiety, psychopathology, transdiagnostic mechanisms, comorbidities, symptom severity, remission
MeSH terms
Latent Class Analysis, Anxiety, Depression, Humans, Punishment, Reward

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