Event Title
Comorbidity of generalized anxiety disorder and depression symptoms through affective synchrony
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Thane Erickson
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Clinical Psychology
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Anxiety and depressive symptoms are often comorbid cross-sectionally, but less is known about the within-person covariance in symptoms over time. “Affective synchrony” measures this process but has not been examined in GAD symptoms. Here we tested the anxiety-depression link and whether higher GAD symptoms and situational stressors predict higher depression-anxiety synchrony. Participants (N = 161) with a range of symptoms levels, completed baseline GAD and depression measures, followed by five weeks of diaries assessing stressors and affect (1,120 records). In multilevel models, baseline GAD symptoms and situational stressors predicted stronger daily anxiety-depression associations. Implications for comorbidity will be discussed.
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Comorbidity of generalized anxiety disorder and depression symptoms through affective synchrony
Anxiety and depressive symptoms are often comorbid cross-sectionally, but less is known about the within-person covariance in symptoms over time. “Affective synchrony” measures this process but has not been examined in GAD symptoms. Here we tested the anxiety-depression link and whether higher GAD symptoms and situational stressors predict higher depression-anxiety synchrony. Participants (N = 161) with a range of symptoms levels, completed baseline GAD and depression measures, followed by five weeks of diaries assessing stressors and affect (1,120 records). In multilevel models, baseline GAD symptoms and situational stressors predicted stronger daily anxiety-depression associations. Implications for comorbidity will be discussed.
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