The positive valence systems scale: development and validation

GK Khazanov, AM Ruscio, CN Forbes - Assessment, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
We present the Positive Valence Systems Scale (PVSS), a measure of the National Institute
of Mental Health's Research Domain Criteria Positive Valence Systems domain. An initial …

Positive and negative affective dysfunction in psychopathology

K Stanton, D Watson - Social and Personality Psychology …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Moods are a constant feature of human experience. Although we all experience good and
bad moods, there are individual differences in the propensity to experience positive and …

Are changes in joviality associated with cognitive behavioral treatment outcomes? Examining an emerging treatment target.

D Spencer-Laitt, LJ Long, LS Woodard, BA Jaso… - …, 2023 - psycnet.apa.org
The present study expands on the growing body of research on the effects of cognitive
behavioral therapy (CBT) on positive affect. More specifically, we explore how CBT may …

Internalizing symptoms and chronotype in youth: A longitudinal assessment of anxiety, depression and tripartite model

DA Haraden, BC Mullin, BL Hankin - Psychiatry Research, 2019 - Elsevier
Biological rhythm theories highlight the reciprocal relations between dysregulated circadian
patterns and internalizing psychopathology. Chronotype characterizes individuals' diurnal …

The contributions of affective traits and emotion regulation to internalizing disorders: Current state of the literature and measurement challenges.

K Naragon-Gainey, TP McMahon, J Park - American Psychologist, 2018 - psycnet.apa.org
Dysfunctional affective processes are central to the experience of internalizing disorders (eg,
depression, anxiety, and related disorders). Specifically, extreme positive affect and …

Toward an empirical multidimensional structure of anhedonia, reward sensitivity, and positive emotionality: An exploratory factor analytic study

TM Olino, DL McMakin, EE Forbes - Assessment, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
Positive emotionality, anhedonia, and reward sensitivity share motivational and experiential
elements of approach motivation and pleasure. Earlier work has examined the …

Understanding and taking stock of positive emotion disturbance

J Gruber, C Villanueva, E Burr… - Social and …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The prevailing view on positive emotions is that they correlate with and confer psychological
health benefits for the individual, including improved social, physical and cognitive …

Association of behavioral activation system sensitivity to lower level facets of positive affect in daily life

A Dornbach-Bender, CJ Ruggero, P Smith… - Personality and …, 2020 - Elsevier
The behavioral activation system (BAS), a putative neurobiological system guiding approach-
related behavior and linked with increased risk for bipolar disorder, has long been …

Basic dimensions defining mania risk: A structural approach.

K Stanton, J Gruber, D Watson - Psychological assessment, 2017 - psycnet.apa.org
Mania is the core criterion for bipolar disorder, a chronic and severe psychiatric illness
centrally associated with positive affective disturbance. Many self-report measures have …

Positive affectivity: Specificity of its facet level relations with psychopathology

K Stanton, SM Stasik-O'Brien… - Cognitive Therapy and …, 2016 - Springer
This study sought to explicate the strength and direction of the relations between specific
facets of positive affectivity (joviality, self-assurance, attentiveness, and serenity) and a …