Responses to affect subtypes differentially associate with anxious and depressive symptom severity.

ABSTRACT: Responses to affect include cognitive processes (i.e., perseverative vs. non-perseverative) and valence (i.e., modulation of positive vs. negative affect). However, little research has examined how the factor structure of responses to affect is defined along one or both of these dimensions. The present study conducted an exploratory factor analysis (EFA) of items from assessments of repetitive negative thinking, rumination on positive affect (PA), and dampening. We also examined the associations between emergent factors and measures of depressive symptoms, social anxiety symptoms, and non-social state anxiety. EFA results suggested a three-factor model of repetitive negative thinking, dampening, and rumination on PA. There was a significant association between repetitive negative thinking

SUBMITTER: Mennies RJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7332051 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature