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Categorical and dimensional reports of experienced affect to emotion-inducing pictures in depression

Dunn, Barnaby D., Dalgleish, Tim, Lawrence, Andrew D., Cusack, Rhodri, Ogilvie, Alan D.·2004·Journal of Abnormal Psychology

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Self-reported affect to positive and negative emotional pictures was contrasted in people with major depressive disorder (MDD) and never-depressed control participants (n = 25 in each group). The results revealed significant differences in response to positive images (reduced arousal, less pleasant valence, decreased happiness, increased sadness) in MDD but no clear group differences in response to negative stimuli. Extending earlier findings of reduced responsiveness to positive, but not negative, stimuli in MDD (D. M. Sloan, M. E. Strauss, S. W. Quirk, & M. Satajovik, 1997; D. M. Sloan, M. E. Strauss, & K. L. Wisner, 2001), the data indicate that blunted response to positive stimuli is found when both categorical and dimensional ratings are elicited. Further, the data replicate earlier findings of elevated sadness reports to positive stimuli (J. Rottenberg, K. L. Kasch, J. J. Gross, & I. H. Gotlib, 2002), which may reflect broader difficulties in regulating emotions in MDD.

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  • Depressed individuals display attenuated subjective and neural reactivity to positive stimuli, including diminished emotional and affective responses to pleasant stimuli compared with non-depressed controls.

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Authors
Dunn, B. D., Dalgleish, T., Lawrence, A. D., Cusack, R., & Ogilvie, A. D.
Affiliations
  • MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit (GB)
  • University of Oxford (GB)
Venue
Journal of Abnormal Psychology
Published
2004-11
Volume
113
Issue
4
Pages
654-660
ISSN
  • 0021-843X (ISSN-L)
  • 1939-1846
OpenAlex
W2076694555
Cited by
99
References
25
Citations by year
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FWCI
2.36
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Journal of Abnormal Psychology (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
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, positive emotional stimuli, negative emotional stimuli, blunted affect, sadness, emotional arousal, valence, emotion regulation, self-reported affect
MeSH terms
Affect, Major Depressive Disorder, Female, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Photic Stimulation, Severity of Illness Index, Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders

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