Examining time-varying dynamics of co-occurring depressed mood and anxiety.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Dimensional frameworks of psychopathology call for multivariate approaches to map co-occurring disorders to index what symptoms emerge when and for whom. Ecological momentary assessment (EMA) offers a method for assessing and differentiating the dynamics of co-occurring symptoms with greater temporal granularity and naturalistic context. The present study used multivariate mixed effects location-scale modeling to characterize the time-varying dynamics of depressed mood and anxiety for women diagnosed with social anxiety disorder (SAD) and major depression (MDD).

Methods

Women completed five daily EMA surveys over 30 days (150 EMA surveys/woman, T ≈ 5250 total observations) and two clinical diagnostic and retrospective self-report measures administered approximatel

SUBMITTER: Piccirillo ML 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11316648 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature