Reinforcement sensitivity theory predicts positive and negative affect in daily life |
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| Authors: | Natalie E. Hundt Leslie H. Brown Nathan A. Kimbrel Molly A. Walsh Rosemery Nelson-Gray Thomas R. Kwapil |
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| Affiliation: | 1. VA HSR&D Houston Center of Excellence, Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center, Houston, TX, USA;2. Menninger Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA;3. VA South Central Mental Illness Research, Education and Clinical Center, Houston, TX, USA;4. Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh, Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, Pittsburgh, PA, USA;5. Department of Veterans Affairs, VISN 17 Center of Excellence for Research on Returning War Veterans, Waco, TX, USA;6. Texas A&M Health Science Center, College of Medicine, College Station, TX, USA;g University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, NC, USA |
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| Abstract: | Laboratory studies of Reinforcement Sensitivity Theory have associated sensitivity to punishment (SP) with negative affect and sensitivity to reward (SR) with positive affect. However, few studies have examined the expression of these systems and their response to cues of reward in daily life. The current study employed experience sampling methodology (ESM) to assess the association of SP and SR with affect and perceptions of situations in daily life. SP was positively associated with negative affect and negatively associated with positive affect in daily life, whereas SR was associated with positive affect and one aspect of negative affect, irritability/anger. Furthermore, high SP participants experienced smaller increases in positive affect and smaller decreases in negative affect in some situations that were perceived as positive, in comparison to low SP participants. In contrast, high SR participants experienced greater decreases in negative affect in some situations that were perceived as positive, in comparison to low SR participants. |
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| Keywords: | Reinforcement sensitivity Sensitivity to punishment Sensitivity to reward Experience sampling methodology Affect Daily life |
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