{"title":"Impact of a brief self-compassion intervention on state emotion dysregulation in self-reported generalized anxiety disorder","authors":"Jordan M. De Herrera, Cynthia L. Turk","doi":"10.1016/j.jbtep.2024.102012","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jbtep.2024.102012","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background and objectives</h3><div>The current study examined emotion dysregulation and self-compassion as an intervention in individuals with generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) symptoms.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>College students who met criteria for GAD according to questionnaires and non-anxious controls participated in an anxious mood induction. Subsequently, participants were randomized to a self-compassion or control intervention.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>Following the mood induction, the GAD group reported less self-compassion, more emotion dysregulation, more state anxiety, and more negative affect than the control group. In the intervention phase, for the self-compassion condition, all participants, irrespective of the presence or absence of GAD symptomatology, experienced a significant increase in state self-compassion and a significant decrease in state anxiety from pre-to post-intervention. Additionally, participants in the GAD group in the self-compassion condition also endorsed significantly less state emotion dysregulation and less negative affect. Participants in both groups assigned to the control intervention reported little change. Within the GAD group, the self-compassion manipulation produced more state self-compassion than the control intervention.</div></div><div><h3>Limitations</h3><div>Participants were undergraduate students; as a result, the findings might not generalize to individuals presenting for treatment of GAD. The demonstrated effects were on state measures following a brief writing intervention; additional research is needed to assess the impact of more extensive self-compassion interventions over a longer time frame.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><div>The results align with theory and previous studies, revealing heightened emotion dysregulation among those with GAD symptoms. A self-compassion intervention led to significant improvements for both participants with GAD symptoms and those without.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48198,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry","volume":"87 ","pages":"Article 102012"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2025-01-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143014174","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nigel Vahey , Emma Nicholson , Dermot Barnes-Holmes
{"title":"A decade on: Reflecting on the limitations of the first meta-analysis of the Implicit Relational Assessment Procedure's (IRAP) criterion validity in the clinical domain","authors":"Nigel Vahey , Emma Nicholson , Dermot Barnes-Holmes","doi":"10.1016/j.jbtep.2024.102016","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jbtep.2024.102016","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Hussey (in press) recently conducted a detailed critical reanalysis of Vahey, Nicholson and Barnes-Holmes’ (2015) meta-analysis. Its stated purpose was to (a) examine the extent to which Vahey et al.’s (2015) meta-analysis contains errors; and (b) to test how computationally reproducible it is by current standards of best practice. Hussey identified a small number of minor numerical errors, but crucially was unable to exactly replicate the original meta-effect of <span><math><mrow><mover><mi>r</mi><mo>‾</mo></mover></mrow></math></span> = .45. Six different variations of the meta-analysis reported by Vahey et al. were used and obtained meta-effects that deviated from the original by <em>Δ</em> <span><math><mrow><mover><mi>r</mi><mo>‾</mo></mover></mrow></math></span> = .01-.02. Hussey also reported corresponding 95% credibility intervals that were all of zero width. These discrepancies prompted the present authors to conduct a detailed audit of the original meta-analysis. This revealed one minor transposing error in addition to three identified by Hussey. Once corrected this resulted in a marginally increased Hunter and Schmidt meta-analytic effect of <span><math><mrow><mover><mi>r</mi><mo>‾</mo></mover></mrow></math></span> = .46 without a credibility interval, and a Hedges-Vevea meta-effect of <span><math><mrow><mover><mi>r</mi><mo>‾</mo></mover></mrow></math></span> = .47 with 95% confidence interval (.40, .54). This correction was too small to have any bearing on Vahey et al.’s supplementary analyses regarding publication bias or statistical power. Vahey et al. contained a much lower proportion of transposing errors than is typical of meta-analyses even still (cf. Kadlec, Sainani, & Nimphius, 2023; Lakens et al., 2016; Lakens et al., 2017). Nonetheless, Hussey highlighted important ambiguities about the theoretical and practical meaning of the meta-effect reported by Vahey et al. We clarify our position on these matters in summary, and in so doing explain why we believe that the wider IRAP literature would undoubtedly benefit from increased adoption of contemporary open science standards.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48198,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry","volume":"87 ","pages":"Article 102016"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2025-01-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143190444","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Sara Sardashti , Maryam Farhadian , Ali Ghaleiha , Fritz Renner , Sara Ahsani-Nasab , Latif Moradveisi
{"title":"An online group behavioral activation therapy for major depressive disorder: Adaptation, effectiveness, and trajectories of change in a lower-middle income country","authors":"Sara Sardashti , Maryam Farhadian , Ali Ghaleiha , Fritz Renner , Sara Ahsani-Nasab , Latif Moradveisi","doi":"10.1016/j.jbtep.2024.102013","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jbtep.2024.102013","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background and objective</h3><div>Depressive disorders are common mental illnesses associated with high burden of disease. In this study, the effects of an online group behavioral activation on depressive symptoms and rumination were evaluated, and trajectories of change in patients with major depressive disorder adapted for a lower-middle income context investigated.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>This study was an online single-group non-randomized trial. Patients were recruited from various parts of the country through social media and medical university clinics. In total, 79 women with major depressive disorder were included. We measured Beck Depressive Inventory-II (BDI-II) scores, depressive rumination and behavioral activation scores, sudden gains, depression spikes, early response, and clinical change. Patients attended an online weekly ten-session behavioral activation therapy. K-nearest neighbor was used to impute missing data and estimate the importance of candidate predictors of clinical change. However, due to a high attrition rate, paired tests were performed using per-protocol analysis without data imputation.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>The mean difference (SD) of the BDI-II score from the beginning to the end of the study was 21.10 (10.21), <em>P</em> < 0.001. Improvement was observed for depressive rumination (<em>P</em> < 0.001), and for behavioral activation (<em>P</em> < 0.001). Clinical change and early response were significantly related to BDI-II change (both <em>P</em> < 0.001). Favorable changes in behavioral activation, depressive symptoms, or rumination showed linear patterns. Clinical change (<em>P</em> = 0.453) and BDI-II (<em>P</em> = 0.050) were not statistically different between patients with moderate versus severe symptoms.</div></div><div><h3>Limitations</h3><div>Participants were solely women. Some patients did not attend all sessions, and participants were not followed in the post-treatment period.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusion</h3><div>online group behavioral activation therapy is suggested as an appropriate and accessible front-line treatment for moderate to severe major depressive disorder in lower-middle income countries.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48198,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry","volume":"87 ","pages":"Article 102013"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2025-01-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143014244","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Katharine E. Daniel , Sabine Wilhelm , Ryan J. Jacoby
{"title":"Predictors of polyregulation and its effectiveness following exposure to One's most personally distressing intrusive thought","authors":"Katharine E. Daniel , Sabine Wilhelm , Ryan J. Jacoby","doi":"10.1016/j.jbtep.2024.102001","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jbtep.2024.102001","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background and objectives</h3><div>Using multiple emotion regulation strategies in response to a single stressor—known as polyregulation—is an understudied but common event. The role of polyregulation in psychological disorders characterized by repetitive negative thinking (RNT) is unexplored, despite well-documented difficulties in emotion regulation and strong urges to avoid and escape one's intrusive thoughts in RNT.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>Participants (<em>N</em> = 60) either had clinical levels of RNT (<em>n</em> = 15 with worries, <em>n</em> = 14 with ruminations, <em>n</em> = 16 with obsessions) or non-clinical levels of RNT (<em>n</em> = 15) and were exposed to their most personally distressing intrusive thought during an in-lab task. Proportional odds logistic regressions were used to test if RNT group and situation-level factors predicted greater polyregulation following the thought exposure. Multilevel regressions were used to test the short-term effectiveness of polyregulation on subjective distress and psychophysiological responding (heart rate, skin conductance).</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>Ninety percent of participants reported using two or more strategies following intrusive thought exposure. Extent of polyregulation was not significantly predicted by RNT group, most situation-level factors, or short-term regulatory effectiveness. Endorsing a greater need to control one's intrusive thought did, however, predict use of more strategies.</div></div><div><h3>Limitations</h3><div>This is a secondary analysis in a small sample.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusion</h3><div>Given treatments for psychological disorders characterized by RNT attempt to disrupt the connection between a person's urge to control their distressing thoughts and efforts to escape or avoid those thoughts, continued investigation into the role of polyregulation in intrusive thinking may guide clinical intervention.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48198,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry","volume":"86 ","pages":"Article 102001"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142756794","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Olivia M. Losiewicz, Anastasia L. McGlade, Michael Treanor, Michelle G. Craske
{"title":"Ecological momentary assessment models trajectories of expectancy following exposure: A proof-of-concept pilot study","authors":"Olivia M. Losiewicz, Anastasia L. McGlade, Michael Treanor, Michelle G. Craske","doi":"10.1016/j.jbtep.2024.102000","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jbtep.2024.102000","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background and objectives</h3><div>The Inhibitory Retrieval Approach to exposure therapy for fears and anxiety emphasizes prediction error as one of several strategies for improving outcomes. Prediction error depends on disconfirmation of expectancies for the feared outcome, and thus exposure strategies that derive from inhibitory retrieval approaches emphasize expectancy violation during exposure. However, research studies examining expectancy violation in exposure therapy have treated expectancy as a stable characteristic, assuming that expectancy following an exposure exercise remains constant over time. This brief report outlines two different uses of a methodology for using ecological momentary assessment (EMA) to assess between-session expectancy following exposure during treatment for anxiety, and reports on pilot trial results.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>Adults with social anxiety disorder (<em>N</em> = 12) and spider phobia (<em>N</em> = 31) taking part in larger trials investigating exposure therapy completed EMA questionnaires assessing expectancy for their feared outcome for 2–4 days following each of two exposure sessions.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>Expectancy ratings decreased from pre-to post-exposure and remained stable for 2–4 days following exposure.</div></div><div><h3>Limitations</h3><div>This pilot study used a very limited sample size and should be replicated in a larger sample.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><div>Expectancy for feared outcome may be assessed using EMA following exposure sessions. Pilot results suggest that expectancy decreases immediately following exposures and remains stable afterwards.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48198,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry","volume":"86 ","pages":"Article 102000"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142756796","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Brunetti Marcella , Alessandrelli Riccardo , Ceci Franca , D.'Andrea Antea , Pettorruso Mauro , Martinotti Giovanni , Di Matteo Rosalia
{"title":"Joint attention effect on irrelevant stimuli resistance in high functional autism and neurotypical adults","authors":"Brunetti Marcella , Alessandrelli Riccardo , Ceci Franca , D.'Andrea Antea , Pettorruso Mauro , Martinotti Giovanni , Di Matteo Rosalia","doi":"10.1016/j.jbtep.2024.102005","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jbtep.2024.102005","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background and objectives</h3><div>Clinical practice reveals that individuals with autism characterized by the absence of cognitive impairment (High Functioning Autism-HFA) show difficulty in sharing attention with unfamiliar people. We hypothesized that this difficulty could affect cognitive control by selectively impairing stimulus-encoding or response-selection.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>Twenty-one HFA and 23 neurotypical adults were involved in a two-phase study. The first phase was performed at home, through an online link; the second one was held four months later in our laboratory in the presence of two experimenters. A letter-flanker task was administered in both phases. In the Stimulus-Response (SR) conflict condition, the target and flankers were assigned to the same/different response keys. In the Stimulus-Stimulus (SS) conflict condition, the target and flankers were perceptually similar/dissimilar. Two mixed-ANOVAs were conducted on response times and accuracy with Phases (Home vs Lab), Groups (HFA, Neurotypical), SR conditions (congruent, incongruent, neutral) and SS conditions (congruent, incongruent) as factors.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>Results show that only HFAs' inhibition ability was negatively affected by the experimenters’ presence compared to when they were alone, by reducing accuracy when dealing with an SS conflict.</div></div><div><h3>Limitations</h3><div>The differences between the home-phase and lab-phase sessions require further elaboration to understanding the nature of social interaction during the lab session.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><div>These results suggest that, for HFA, the “at home” context, free from social and emotional pressure, allowed them to emphasize their detail-focused cognitive style.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48198,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry","volume":"86 ","pages":"Article 102005"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142756797","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Catherine A. Keeping, Reginald D.V. Nixon, Victoria M.E. Bridgland, Melanie K.T. Takarangi
{"title":"To be aware or not aware: Do intrusions with and without meta-awareness differ?","authors":"Catherine A. Keeping, Reginald D.V. Nixon, Victoria M.E. Bridgland, Melanie K.T. Takarangi","doi":"10.1016/j.jbtep.2024.102002","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jbtep.2024.102002","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>People sometimes re-experience traumatic events via intrusive memories that spontaneously and unintentionally intrude into consciousness (i.e., intrusions). Such intrusions can be experienced without explicit awareness (i.e., <em>meta-awareness</em>). However, we do not know whether intrusions with and without meta-awareness differ in how people experience them (i.e., characteristics) or react to them via maladaptive responses (i.e., suppression, negative interpretations), and therefore whether they are important to differentiate. To investigate this issue, we asked participants to watch a trauma analogue film and—during a subsequent unrelated reading task—intermittently probed them to capture and assess <em>one</em> film-related intrusion. Intrusion meta-awareness positively correlated with intrusion negativity, re-experiencing, and suppression, but not with how people interpreted the meaning of their intrusion. Our findings suggest intrusions with and without meta-awareness can differ in how they are experienced and associated with thought suppression—highlighting the importance of considering both types of intrusions in theory and practice.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48198,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry","volume":"86 ","pages":"Article 102002"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142757508","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Further analyses of appraisals of losing control and other OCD-related cognitions: A quasi-experimental investigation","authors":"Andrea Sandstrom, Adam S. Radomsky","doi":"10.1016/j.jbtep.2024.101998","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jbtep.2024.101998","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background and objectives</h3><div>Cognitive models of OCD posit that dysfunctional beliefs contribute to the maintenance of symptoms. In addition to well-established belief domains, beliefs about losing control has been identified as a novel cognitive domain which may influence OCD phenomena, including other dysfunctional beliefs. However, the exact nature of these relationships and whether such relationships are influenced by OCD symptoms is unclear. The aim of this study was to examine the relationships between appraisals of losing control and other OCD-relevant appraisals in individuals scoring high and low on OCD symptoms.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>137 participants completed a vignette task describing hypothetical scenarios relevant to OCD (doubting and aggressive thoughts) which varied in the level of losing control (high vs. low) and answered questions to assess other OCD-relevant appraisals.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>There was a significant main effect of losing control appraisals on other OCD-relevant appraisals in the aggressive thought vignettes but not in the doubting vignettes. OCD symptoms had a significant effect on OCD-relevant appraisals in both the aggressive thought and doubting vignettes. There were no significant interactions.</div></div><div><h3>Limitations</h3><div>Appraisals of losing control did not significantly differ in the doubting vignettes suggesting the impact of the manipulation may have been limited.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><div>Findings suggest that both appraisals of losing control and level of OCD symptoms may be associated with other OCD-relevant appraisals, however these effects may be independent of one another.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48198,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry","volume":"86 ","pages":"Article 101998"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142756795","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jing Yuan , Xiang Chen , Zhaoxia Wang , Xiaomin Zhao , Yan Wang , Zejun Liu
{"title":"Sensitivity and response bias in non-clinical social anxiety to detect changes in facial expressions","authors":"Jing Yuan , Xiang Chen , Zhaoxia Wang , Xiaomin Zhao , Yan Wang , Zejun Liu","doi":"10.1016/j.jbtep.2024.102003","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jbtep.2024.102003","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background and objectives</h3><div>Previous research has not established a consensus on the ability of higher socially anxious individuals to detect facial expressions. The purpose of this study was to examine this issue using Signal Detection Theory (SDT) as a framework.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>Participants with higher levels of social anxiety (HSA) and lower levels of social anxiety (LSA) were instructed to complete a change-detection task. Prototypical (faces with congruent eyes and mouth, i.e., happy eyes and a smiling mouth) and blended (faces with incongruent eyes and mouth, i.e., neutral eyes and a happy mouth) facial expressions were used as stimuli. Participants had to decide whether the facial expression indicated by the cue was \"the same\" or \"different\".</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>The results revealed that the HSA group had a higher sensitivity (<em>d’</em>) to detect changes in facial expressions compared to the LSA group. The LSA group had a higher <em>d’</em> to detect prototypical angry expressions than to blended angry expressions. However, this difference was not found in the HSA group. In addition, the HSA group displayed more leniency in judging angry expressions as being the same compared to the LSA group.</div></div><div><h3>Limitations</h3><div>The external validity of the study is limited by the sample (low levels of depression, mostly male).</div></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><div>Higher socially anxious individuals are more sensitive in detecting changes and are more lenient in judging changes in angry expressions.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48198,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry","volume":"86 ","pages":"Article 102003"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142757514","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Sunkyung Yoon, Heejoo Kim, Sooyeon Kim, Yunsu Kim, Eunbi Kang
{"title":"The role of desired positive affect in depression in daily life","authors":"Sunkyung Yoon, Heejoo Kim, Sooyeon Kim, Yunsu Kim, Eunbi Kang","doi":"10.1016/j.jbtep.2024.101999","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jbtep.2024.101999","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><div>Emotion goals (desired affect) have been theorized to play an essential role in a person's emotional experiences, guiding emotion regulation processes toward experiencing desired states. Hence, understanding whether and which emotion goals are associated with reduced negative states is crucial for individuals struggling to regulate these states, such as persons with depression. Using ecological momentary assessment (EMA), we examined the relationship between momentary desired positive affect and subsequent depressive affect in daily life, as well as future depressive symptoms, among individuals with depressive disorders.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>A total of 50 female participants with depression reported their momentary desire for high arousal positive (HAP), low arousal positive states (LAP), and depressive affect three times a day for seven days. In addition, participants reported depressive symptoms at both baseline and four weeks after.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>Momentary desired LAP moderated the relationship between prior and subsequent depressive affect: the more a person wanted to feel LAP at the prior time point, the weaker the relationship between prior and subsequent depressive affect.</div></div><div><h3>Limitations</h3><div>The relatively short interval between the EMA and the follow-up measurement of depressive symptoms may have influenced the results.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><div>Results elucidated the role of desired affect, particularly desired LAP, in depression in daily life.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48198,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry","volume":"86 ","pages":"Article 101999"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142756966","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}