Feeling safe and content: A specific affect regulation system? Relationship to depression, anxiety, stress, and self-criticism.
Journal article
Authors | Gilbert, Paul, McEwan, Kirsten, Mitra, Ranjana, Franks, Leigh, Richter, Anne and Rockliff, Helen |
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Abstract | Recent work in the neuroscience of positive affect has suggested that there may be two different types of positive affect. One is linked to a drive/seeking system (and may be dopaminergic mediated) and the other is a soothing-contentment system (and may be opiate/oxytocin mediated). This study sought to develop a self-report scale that could tap these positive affects in regard to characteristic feelings individuals may have. Results from 203 students suggested three (rather than two) underlying factors: activated positive affect, relaxed positive affect, and safe/content positive affect. It was the safe/content positive affect that had the highest negative correlations with depression, anxiety and stress, self-criticism, and insecure attachment. Hence, greater clarity on the different types and functions of positive affect may demystify the relationship between positive emotions and well-being. |
Keywords | Attachment; Depression; Positive affect; Self-criticism |
Year | 2008 |
Journal | The Journal of Positive Psychology |
Publisher | Taylor & Francis |
ISSN | 17439760 |
17439779 | |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1080/17439760801999461 |
Web address (URL) | http://hdl.handle.net/10545/622860 |
hdl:10545/622860 | |
Publication dates | 17 Jun 2008 |
Publication process dates | |
Deposited | 30 Jul 2018, 14:27 |
Rights | Archived with thanks to The Journal of Positive Psychology |
Contributors | University of Derby and Kingsway Hospital |
File | File Access Level Open |
File | File Access Level Open |
https://repository.derby.ac.uk/item/943y8/feeling-safe-and-content-a-specific-affect-regulation-system-relationship-to-depression-anxiety-stress-and-self-criticism
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