Transdiagnostic considerations of the relationship between reward sensitivity and psychopathological symptoms - a cross-lagged panel analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Reward sensitivity constitutes a potential key mechanism regarding the etiology and maintenance of mental disorders, especially depression. However, due to a lack of longitudinal studies, the temporal dynamics are not clear yet. Although some evidence indicates that reward processing could be a transdiagnostic mechanism of disorders, these observations could be also a product of comorbidity with depression. This study aimed at investigating the temporal dynamics of reward sensitivity and the course of psychopathological symptoms in a longitudinal investigation, while taking a possible mediating role of depression into account.

Methods

We conducted a three-wave longitudinal online survey with a 4-week interval. A total of N = 453 participants filled out all three q

SUBMITTER: Potsch L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10478275 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature