The Interaction Between Positive and Negative Temperament in Anxiety and Depression: Examples From the Tripartite, Big Five, and Behavioral Inhibition/Activation Models
Year: 2009
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: Research has demonstrated that risk for psychological disorders does not lie in single factors or main effects, but rather in the interaction and co-action of multiple factors.Consistent with this, the Tripartite, Big Five, and Reinforcement Sensitivity models all posit the dual influence of positive and negative emotionality in risk for depression.Specifically, the Tripartite Model posits the dual influence of positive and negative affectivity (PA and NA, respectively), the Big Five Model posits the dual influence of extraversion and neuroticism (E and N, respectively), and the Reinforcement Sensitivity Model posits the dual influence of behavioral activation and inhibition (BAS and BIS, respectively).Research involving each of these theories suggests that positive and negative emotionality interact to predict depressive, and to some extent, anxious symptoms.To further understand the nature and reliability of this interaction, the present study provided a cross-sectional test of the interactions between the positive and negative emotionality dimensions of the Tripartite, Big Five, and Reinforcement Sensitivity models in a large sample of undergraduates (N = 1242).It was hypothesized that, for each set of temperament dimensions, at low positive emotionality, high negative emotionality would be more strongly associated with depressive and mixed anxious-depressive symptoms and that at high negative emotionality, low positive emotionality would be more strongly associated with anhedonic symptoms.Results indicated that the interactions between all three sets of
Author: Casaundra N. Harbaugh
Institution: The Ohio State University
Language: English
Subfield: Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2246967379