Blunted reward responsiveness prospectively predicts emotional distress when exposed to a naturalistic stressor.
Both stress and blunted reward responsiveness have been identified as core risk factors of depression. Whether blunted reward responsiveness increases psychological vulnerability to real‐life stress from a dynamic perspective (from stress reactivity to recovery) has not been investigated. By utilizi...
| Publicado en: | British Journal of Psychology Vol. 114; no. 2; pp. 376 - 393 |
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May2023
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