Altered Positive Affect in Clinically Anxious Youth: the Role of Social Context and Anxiety Subtype.

ABSTRACT: Anxious youth may experience altered positive affect (PA) relative to healthy youth, perhaps because of greater sensitivity to social experiences. Altered PA may be especially evident during the transition to adolescence, a period in which positive social events increase in salience and value. The current study evaluated whether anxious youth show differences in baseline PA, rate of return to baseline, and variability around baseline PA and tested whether these differences would depend on social context and anxiety subtype. Participants were 176 9- to 14-year-old youth, including 130 clinically anxious (with Social Anxiety Disorder, Generalized Anxiety Disorder, and/or Separation Anxiety Disorder) and 46 healthy youth. Youth reported their current PA, peak PA in the past hour, and social c

SUBMITTER: Morgan JK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5491376 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature