Emotion dynamics prospectively predict depressive symptoms in adolescents: findings from intensive longitudinal data.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The incidence of depression among adolescents has risen significantly over the past decade. Emotional dynamics, including variability, instability, and inertia of positive affect (PA) and negative affect (NA), are potential risk factors for depressive psychopathology. However, limited longitudinal evidence exists on how these emotion dynamics relate to depression, particularly in collectivistic cultural contexts, where emotional expression and regulation are shaped by social and familial expectations. This study aimed to investigate the longitudinal associations between emotion dynamics-variability, instability, and inertia of PA and NA-and subsequent depressive symptoms among Chinese adolescents.

Methods

Data were collected from middle school students in Taizhou,

SUBMITTER: Yang Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12001457 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature