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Reactive and self-regulatory dimensions of temperament: Interactive relations with symptoms of general distress and anhedonia.

Abstract

Converging evidence indicates that shared temperamental diatheses partly underlie the covariance between anxiety and depression. Although developmental psychopathology research suggests that self-regulatory temperament (e.g., effortful control or EC) mitigates reactive risks associated with negative affectivity (NA) and positive affectivity (PA), and their respective counterparts, behavioral inhibition- and activation sensitivity (BIS and BAS), no studies have established EC's protective effects in adulthood. This study examined concurrent relations between temperament and distress symptoms shared by anxiety and depression, and anhedonic symptoms unique to depression, in young adults. Anticipated two- and three-way interactions emerged supporting EC's moderating effect between reactive temperament (i.e., high BIS and low BAS) and both symptom dimensions. However, no interactive relations emerged between symptoms and NA, PA, and EC.

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    • Authors

    Dinovo SA, Vasey MW

    Institution

    Department of Psychology, The Ohio State University, 1835 Neil Avenue Mall, Columbus, OH 43210, USA.

    Source

    Journal of research in personality 45:5 2011 Oct pg 430-440

    Pub Type(s)

    JOURNAL ARTICLE

    Language

    ENG

    PubMed ID

    22581988