Traditionally, positive emotions and thoughts, strengths, and the satisfaction of basic
psychological needs for belonging, competence, and autonomy have been seen as the …

The present study tested 3 competing views of how depression alters emotional reactivity:
positive attenuation (reduced positive), negative potentiation (increased negative), and …

Provides a commentary on the original article by H. Berenbaum (see record 2003-03824-007)
which proposed a taxonomy of emotional disturbances. One of the fundamental questions …

Nothing is more familiar to people than their moods and emotions. Oddly, however, it is not
clear how these two kinds of affective processes are related. Intuitively, it makes sense that …

Purpose. Emotional dysfunction is a hallmark of major depressive disorder (MDD). There
has been wide interest in identifying the nature and significance of emotional deficits in MDD. …

Rapidly developing research has found abnormal cardiac vagal control (CVC) in several
physical and mental health conditions. CVC findings in depression are mixed, and the degree …

Never before has the pace of research on emotion and emotion regulation been as vigorous
as it is today. This news is welcomed by researchers who study psychological therapies …

Depressed individuals often fail to react to emotionally significant stimuli. The significance of
this pattern of emotional dysregulation in depression is poorly understood. In the present …

Three alternative views regarding how Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) alters emotional
reactivity have been featured in the literature: positive attenuation (reduced positive reactivity), …

Theorists have proposed that depression is associated with abnormalities in the behavioral
activation (BAS) and behavioral inhibition (BIS) systems. In particular, depressed individuals …