Biased and Inflexible Interpretations of Social Situations Predict Affect Intensity and Variability in Children and Adolescents.

ABSTRACT: Adolescence is a developmental period characterized by heightened emotionality. Past research indicated that the biased interpretation of social situations (i.e., interpretation bias) might contribute to these aberrant affect dynamics in adolescents' daily life. Social situations are, however, constantly changing. Therefore, the ability to flexibly revise social interpretations (i.e., interpretation flexibility) might be equally important as interpretation biases for explaining affective outcomes during adolescence. The present study examined whether interpretation bias and inflexibility predicted two major affect dynamics features (i.e., mean and standard deviation) in children and adolescents. At baseline, N = 154 children and adolescents (M = 12.81 years; 48.70% female; 49.35% male; 1.9

SUBMITTER: Hohensee N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12521329 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature