The everyday emotional experience of adults with major depressive disorder: Examining emotional instability, inertia, and reactivity

Journal of Abnormal Psychology

Volumn 121, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 819-829

  Thompson, Renee J ^a   Mata, Jutta ^a,b   Jaeggi, Susanne M ^c   Buschkuehl, Martin ^c,d   Jonides, John ^d   Gotlib, Ian H ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Affective instability; Depression; Emotional variability; Experience sampling method

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; EMOTIONAL INERTIA; EMOTIONAL REACTIVITY; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MENTAL INSTABILITY; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PREDICTION; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM;

EID: 84869216362     PISSN: 0021843X     EISSN: 19391846     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0027978     Document Type: Article

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