Adamis Alexandra M, Jessup Sarah C, Cole David A, Olatunji Bunmi O
Department of Psychology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA.
Cogn Emot. 2025 May;39(3):714-721. doi: 10.1080/02699931.2024.2386124. Epub 2024 Aug 2.
Worry proneness is a transdiagnostic trait that predicts increased negative affect (NA), potentially in the service of preventing negative emotional contrasts. Although discrete types of NA vary along the dimension of arousal, the extent to which trait worry predicts high vs. low arousal forms of NA in daily life is unclear. This distinction has important implications for conceptualising how worry may perturb adaptive emotionality in various disorders. The present study (not pre-registered) aimed to isolate the effects of trait worry on high ( = 88) and low ( = 122) arousal NA in daily life using ecological momentary assessment while controlling for potential physical and psychological confounds. Participants were assessed for trait worry and depressive symptoms at baseline then reported their affect, heart rate, and exercise three times per day for one week. Multilevel models revealed that trait worry predicted both increased high and low arousal NA after controlling for momentary heart rate, daily exercise, and depression. In contrast, baseline depressive symptoms only predicted low arousal NA in daily life. Findings support the contrast avoidance model of worry and suggest that worry is linked to increased state NA in daily life, independent of arousal.
易焦虑是一种跨诊断特征，它预示着消极情绪（NA）的增加，这可能是为了防止消极情绪对比。尽管不同类型的消极情绪在唤醒维度上有所不同，但特质性焦虑在日常生活中预测高唤醒与低唤醒形式消极情绪的程度尚不清楚。这种区分对于理解焦虑如何在各种障碍中扰乱适应性情绪具有重要意义。本研究（未预先注册）旨在通过生态瞬时评估，在控制潜在的生理和心理混杂因素的同时，分离特质性焦虑对日常生活中高唤醒（n = 88）和低唤醒（n = 122）消极情绪的影响。参与者在基线时接受特质性焦虑和抑郁症状评估，然后在一周内每天报告三次他们的情绪、心率和运动情况。多层次模型显示，在控制了瞬时心率、日常运动和抑郁后，特质性焦虑预测高唤醒和低唤醒消极情绪均会增加。相比之下，基线抑郁症状仅预测日常生活中的低唤醒消极情绪。研究结果支持焦虑的对比回避模型，并表明焦虑与日常生活中状态消极情绪的增加有关，与唤醒无关。
