Mean level of positive affect moderates associations between volatility in positive affect, mental health, and alcohol consumption among mothers.

ABSTRACT: Affective volatility (i.e., variability) is typically conceptualized as a marker of poor mental and behavioral health. The current research challenges this notion. Among individuals who typically experience low positive affect (PA), vacillation between bouts of joy and marked anhedonia may be associated with better behavioral health relative to a restricted range of PA experience. We therefore tested the hypothesis that mean levels of PA captured via an 8-day intensive repeated Ecological Momentary Assessment (EMA) would moderate the association of EMA-measured PA variability with behavioral health measured at intake among working mothers (N = 202) with young children-a population at risk for experiencing repeated stress- and reward-induced PA changes. Mixed-effects location scale modeling

SUBMITTER: Maher JP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6219753 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature