Threat sensitivity in emotion dynamics: Negativity effects and sex differences.
Behav Res Ther
; 178: 104542, 2024 07.
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ABSTRACT
Evolutionary theorizing has given rise to the idea that responding to any particular threat may be more mandatory than responding to any particular reward. The present three experiments (total N = 375) sought to provide support for this perspective in an emotion dynamics task in which participants continuously rated their affective state in response to appetitive (reward-related) versus aversive (threat-related) images. Even when equating images for arousal and extremity, several negativity effects (e.g., steeper reactivity slopes in response to aversive images) were found. These negativity effects can serve as an experimental model of threat sensitivity, which should predispose some individuals, more than others, to symptoms related to fear and anxiety. This point was made with respect to sex differences, given that women (relative to men) are diagnosed with anxiety disorders at higher rates. Sex differences were pronounced and extensions of this work, both basic and applied, are proposed.
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MEDLINE
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Emociones
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Miedo
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Adolescent
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Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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En
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Behav Res Ther
Año:
2024
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Article