Beyond Positive Affect: Discrete Positive Emotions Differentiate Major Depression from Social Anxiety Disorder.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Social anxiety disorder (SAD) and major depressive disorder (MDD) are both associated with diminished global positive affect. However, little is known about which specific positive emotions are affected, and which positive emotions differentiate MDD from SAD.

Methods

Four groups of adults recruited from the community were examined (N = 272): control group (no psychiatric history; n = 76), SAD without MDD group (n = 76), MDD without SAD group (n = 46), and comorbid group (diagnoses of both SAD and MDD; n = 74). Discrete positive emotions were measured with the Modified Differential Emotions Scale, which asked about the frequency of 10 different positive emotions experienced during the past week.

Results

The control group ha

SUBMITTER: Chin AA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10164670 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature