Low Spirits Keep Rewards Subdued: Decreases in Sensitivity to Reward and Vulnerability to Dysphoria

Behavior Therapy

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 62-74

  Hervas, Gonzalo ^a   Vazquez, Carmelo ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

BIS BAS; Depression; Mood; Punishment; Reward

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; BEHAVIORAL ACTIVATION SYSTEM SCALE; BEHAVIORAL INHIBITION SYSTEM SCALE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSPHORIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOOD; MOOD ASSESSMENT SCALE; MOOD CHANGE; PSYCHOMETRY; PUNISHMENT; REWARD; SAD MOOD; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT;

AFFECT; ANXIETY; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTIVATION; PUNISHMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES; REWARD; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84872344743     PISSN: 00057894     EISSN: 18781888     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.beth.2012.07.003     Document Type: Article

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