Negative affective states such as depression are associated with increased risk of coronary heart disease, type 2 diabetes, and disability (2 - 4).
In my view, addictive behavior is often related to trauma or loss and develops as an adaptive strategy to cope with difficult or
negative affective states and feelings.
According to socioemotional selectivity theory (SST), older adults are motivated to regulate their emotions such that positive affective states are maintained and
negative affective states are avoided (Carstensen, Isaacowitz, & Charles, 1999).
Although aspects of NA are associated with ineffective alleviation of negative emotions and moods, researchers have suggested that optimism might be related to the successful regulation of
negative affective states (Gross & John, 2003; John & Gross, 2007).
We also focus on drug dependence, since
negative affective states are a prominent feature of drug withdrawal and likely play a critical role in the persistence of drug addiction.
It's easy for people to dwell on
negative affective states because, according to neuroscientists, there are more neural networks in the brain associated with negative affect than with positive affect (Baumeister, Bratslavsky, Finkenauer, & Vohs, 2001); some scientists even speculate that these may be in the ratio of 5 to 1.
There is increasing evidence in humans and laboratory animals for biologically - based sex differences in every phase of drug addiction including acute reinforcing effects, transition from occasional to compulsive use, withdrawal - associated
negative affective states, craving, and relapse.
According to these authors, dogs that exhibit separation anxiety behavior suffer from an underlying
negative affective state.
For their first slider rating, 17 older and 8 younger participants indicated that they were in a neutral or positive mood and accordingly were classified as rapid regulators, whereas 17 older and 17 younger adults still reported experiencing
a negative affective state — they were classified as nonregulators.
This research used a mood induction technique that encouraged participants to think mood - congruent thoughts while listening to music intended to elicit
a negative affective state.
Not exact matches
The Positive Affect and
Negative Affect Schedule (Watson et al., 1988; Terracciano et al., 2003) assessed the affective components of subjective well - being by requiring participants to indicate on a 5 - point Likert scale to what extent (1 = very slightly, 5 = extremely) they generally experienced 20 adjectives describing affective states (10 for positive affect and 10 for negative affect) during a specific period («in this moment, today, last week, last month, or generally&
Negative Affect Schedule (Watson et al., 1988; Terracciano et al., 2003) assessed the
affective components of subjective well - being by requiring participants to indicate on a 5 - point Likert scale to what extent (1 = very slightly, 5 = extremely) they generally experienced 20 adjectives describing
affective states (10 for positive affect and 10 for
negative affect) during a specific period («in this moment, today, last week, last month, or generally&
negative affect) during a specific period («in this moment, today, last week, last month, or generally»).
By watching caregivers model appropriate emotion regulation behaviors, discuss
affective states, and modify their environments to alleviate
negative affect, children internalize their histories of interactions with caregivers, and develop expectations and scripts for interactions in the parent - child dyad [45].
In summary, we established that the majority of both the husbands and the wives had
state - dependent regulation of
affective behavior, and that
negative behavior was more persistent than positive behavior.
In line with this idea, Dix»
affective model of parenting
states that parents» emotions are at the heart of both adaptive and maladaptive emotion - related parenting practices with positive and empathic emotions promoting parental warmth, patience, and responsiveness to child emotions, while
negative emotions like anger and frustration are thought to lead to parental inattention, avoidance, and hostility (Dix 1991).
Furthermore, it is possible that received social support influences momentary or daily
affective states, such as
negative and positive mood, and the accumulation of these daily
states predicts psychological distress and well - being (Rook, 2001).