Within-person variations in self-focused attention and negative affect in depression and anxiety: A diary study |
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Authors: | Nilly Mor Leah D. Doane Emma K. Adam Susan Mineka Richard E. Zinbarg James W. Griffith |
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Affiliation: | 1. Hebrew University of Jerusalem , Jerusalem, Israel nmor@huji.ac.il;3. Northwestern University , Evanston, Illinois, USA |
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Abstract: | This study examined within-person co-occurrence of self-focus, negative affect, and stress in a community sample of adolescents with or without emotional disorders. As part of a larger study, 278 adolescents were interviewed about emotional disorders. Later, they completed diary measures over three days, six times a day, reporting their current thoughts, affect, and levels of stress. Negative affect was independently related to both concurrent stress and self-focus. Importantly, the association between negative affect and self-focus was stronger among participants with a recent unipolar mood disorder, compared to those with an anxiety disorder, comorbid anxiety and depression, or those without an emotional disorder. The implications of these findings to theories of self-focus and its role in emotional disorders are discussed. |
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Keywords: | Self-focus Negative affect Within-person Depression Anxiety |
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