Common and distinct patterns of affective response in dimensions of anxiety and depression. Emotion 2007 Feb;7(1):182-91
Date
03/14/2007Pubmed ID
17352573DOI
10.1037/1528-3542.7.1.182Scopus ID
2-s2.0-33947191016 (requires institutional sign-in at Scopus site) 72 CitationsAbstract
The authors examined the time course of affective responding associated with different affective dimensions--anxious apprehension, anxious arousal, and anhedonic depression--using an emotion-modulated startle paradigm. Participants high on 1 of these 3 dimensions and nonsymptomatic control participants viewed a series of affective pictures with acoustic startle probes presented before, during, and after the stimuli. All groups exhibited startle potentiation during unpleasant pictures and in anticipation of both pleasant and unpleasant pictures. Compared with control participants, symptomatic participants exhibited sustained potentiation following the offset of unpleasant stimuli and a lack of blink attenuation during and following pleasant stimuli. Common and unique patterns of affective responses in the 3 types of mood symptoms are discussed.
Author List
Larson CL, Nitschke JB, Davidson RJAuthor
Christine Larson PhD Associate Professor in the Psychology department at University of Wisconsin - MilwaukeeMESH terms used to index this publication - Major topics in bold
AdolescentAdult
Affect
Anxiety
Blinking
Depression
Electromyography
Female
Humans
Male
Muscle, Skeletal
Orbit
Reflex, Startle
Visual Perception
