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Altered Positive Affect in Clinically Anxious Youth: the Role of Social Context and Anxiety Subtype.
Morgan, Judith K; Lee, Grace E; Wright, Aidan G C; Gilchrist, Danielle E; Forbes, Erika E; McMakin, Dana L; Dahl, Ronald E; Ladouceur, Cecile D; Ryan, Neal D; Silk, Jennifer S.
Affiliation
  • Morgan JK; Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh, 3811 O'Hara Street, Pittsburgh, PA, 15213, USA. morganjk@upmc.edu.
  • Lee GE; Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh, 3811 O'Hara Street, Pittsburgh, PA, 15213, USA.
  • Wright AGC; Department of Psychology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
  • Gilchrist DE; Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh, 3811 O'Hara Street, Pittsburgh, PA, 15213, USA.
  • Forbes EE; Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh, 3811 O'Hara Street, Pittsburgh, PA, 15213, USA.
  • McMakin DL; Department of Psychology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
  • Dahl RE; Center for Neural Bases of Cognition, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
  • Ladouceur CD; Department of Psychology, Florida International University, Miami, FL, USA.
  • Ryan ND; Department of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA.
  • Silk JS; Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh, 3811 O'Hara Street, Pittsburgh, PA, 15213, USA.
J Abnorm Child Psychol ; 45(7): 1461-1472, 2017 Oct.
Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-28032272
Anxious youth may experience altered positive affect (PA) relative to healthy youth, perhaps because of greater sensitivity to social experiences. Altered PA may be especially evident during the transition to adolescence, a period in which positive social events increase in salience and value. The current study evaluated whether anxious youth show differences in baseline PA, rate of return to baseline, and variability around baseline PA and tested whether these differences would depend on social context and anxiety subtype. Participants were 176 9- to 14-year-old youth, including 130 clinically anxious (with Social Anxiety Disorder, Generalized Anxiety Disorder, and/or Separation Anxiety Disorder) and 46 healthy youth. Youth reported their current PA, peak PA in the past hour, and social context in natural settings using ecological momentary assessment. Hierarchical linear models showed that both socially anxious and other anxious youth showed greater variability of PA relative to healthy youth. Youth with other anxiety disorders showed higher peak PA to a positive event relative to healthy youth. Feeling close to a friend was associated with higher peak PA, especially for socially anxious youth. Socially anxious youth showed significantly lower peak PA relative to both healthy and other anxious youth when interacting with a less close peer, but similar levels to these youth when interacting with a close friend. These findings suggest that clinically anxious youth may more sensitive to positive events and social interactions than healthy youth. Findings provide potential treatment targets for anxious youth, including applying regulatory strategies to positive events.
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Full text: 1 Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Anxiety / Anxiety Disorders / Affect / Interpersonal Relations Type of study: Prognostic_studies Limits: Adolescent / Child / Female / Humans / Male Language: En Journal: J Abnorm Child Psychol Year: 2017 Document type: Article Affiliation country: Country of publication:

Full text: 1 Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Anxiety / Anxiety Disorders / Affect / Interpersonal Relations Type of study: Prognostic_studies Limits: Adolescent / Child / Female / Humans / Male Language: En Journal: J Abnorm Child Psychol Year: 2017 Document type: Article Affiliation country: Country of publication: