Most treatment guidelines emphasize the use of psychotropic drugs for both the acute and
maintenance treatment of bipolar disorder (BD). However, relying only on psychotropics …

Depression is associated with the infrequent use of emotion regulation strategies that
increase positive emotion and the frequent use of strategies that decrease positive emotion …

Background Repetitive negative thinking (RNT) is a cognitive process that is repetitive,
passive, relatively uncontrollable, and focused on negative content, and is elevated in …

During middle adolescence, elevated stress and a greater presence of psychological
disorders have been documented. The research has paid little attention to the regulation of …

Chronic worry and generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) symptoms are associated with
infrequent savoring, and high dampening, of positive emotions. The goal of the present …

Abstract The Responses to Positive Affect questionnaire (RPA) assesses responses that
either tend to dampen or enhance positive affect. Previously, using factor analysis …

Although there is ample research linking trait affect with response styles for negative affect,
research on the link between trait affect and response styles for positive affect is scarce. The …

Background Rumination has mostly been studied in relation to depression, however, it may
also occur in response to positive emotions (ie, positive rumination) and therefore may be a …

Objectives To evaluate the psychometric properties of the Responses to Positive Affect
(RPA) questionnaire in a sample of persons with bipolar disorder (BD). Method Cross …

ABSTRACT OBJECTIVES: We aimed to compare patients with bipolar disorder and major
depressive disorder, who were either in an acute depressive episode or in remission, and a …