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.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 48-62 |
| Number of pages | 15 |
| Journal | Cognition and Emotion |
| Volume | 24 |
| Issue number | 1 |
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| State | Published - Jan 2010 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:Correspondence should be addressed to: Nilly Mor, School of Education, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Mount Scopus, Jerusalem, 91905, Israel. E-mail: [email protected] This research was supported by National Institute of Mental Health Grants R01 MH65651 and R01 MH65652, by the Patricia M Nielsen Research Chair of the Family Institute at Northwestern University, and by the William T. Grant foundation.
Keywords
- Anxiety
- Depression
- Negative affect
- Self-focus
- Within-person