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Do Primary Emotions Predict Psychopathological Symptoms? A Multigroup Path Analysis

Background: Research involving animal models has repeatedly proposed dysregulations in subcortically rooted affective systems as a crucial etiological factor in the development of a variety of psychiatric disorders. However, empirical studies with human participants testing these hypotheses have bee...

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Autores principales: Fuchshuber, Jürgen, Hiebler-Ragger, Michaela, Kresse, Adelheid, Kapfhammer, Hans-Peter, Unterrainer, Human Friedrich
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Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6730598/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31543836
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2019.00610
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author Fuchshuber, Jürgen
Hiebler-Ragger, Michaela
Kresse, Adelheid
Kapfhammer, Hans-Peter
Unterrainer, Human Friedrich
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Hiebler-Ragger, Michaela
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description Background: Research involving animal models has repeatedly proposed dysregulations in subcortically rooted affective systems as a crucial etiological factor in the development of a variety of psychiatric disorders. However, empirical studies with human participants testing these hypotheses have been sparse. Associations between primary emotions systems and different psychiatric symptoms were investigated in order to gain insights into the influence of evolutionary-rooted primary emotions on psychopathology. Material and Methods: The community sample included 616 adults (61.9% female). 243 reported a psychiatric lifetime diagnosis. By applying path analysis, we estimated paths between SEEKING, ANGER, FEAR, SADNESS, CARE, and PLAY (Affective Neuroscience Personality Scales; ANPS) and symptoms of substance abuse (Alcohol, Smoking, and Substance Involvement Screening Test; ASSIST) as well as depression, anxiety, and somatization (Brief Symptom Inventory; BSI-18). To examine the moderator effects of gender and psychiatric lifetime diagnosis, multigroup analysis was applied. Results: Substance abuse was associated with male sex (β = −.25), SADNESS (β = .25), and ANGER (β = .10). Depression was associated with SADNESS (β = .53), FEAR (β = .10), SEEKING (β = −.10), and PLAY (β = −.15). Anxiety was linked to SADNESS (β = .33), FEAR (β = .21) and PLAY (β = −.10). Somatization was associated with SADNESS (β = .26) and PLAY (β = −.12; all p < .001). Multigroup analysis revealed no differences in paths between tested groups (all p > .01). The model explained 14% of the variance of substance abuse, 52% of depression, 32% of anxiety, and 14% of somatization. Conclusions: The results further our understanding of the differential role of primary emotions in the development of psychopathology. In this, the general assumption that primary emotion functioning might be a valuable target in mental health care is underlined.
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spelling pubmed-67305982019-09-20 Do Primary Emotions Predict Psychopathological Symptoms? A Multigroup Path Analysis Fuchshuber, Jürgen Hiebler-Ragger, Michaela Kresse, Adelheid Kapfhammer, Hans-Peter Unterrainer, Human Friedrich Front Psychiatry Psychiatry Background: Research involving animal models has repeatedly proposed dysregulations in subcortically rooted affective systems as a crucial etiological factor in the development of a variety of psychiatric disorders. However, empirical studies with human participants testing these hypotheses have been sparse. Associations between primary emotions systems and different psychiatric symptoms were investigated in order to gain insights into the influence of evolutionary-rooted primary emotions on psychopathology. Material and Methods: The community sample included 616 adults (61.9% female). 243 reported a psychiatric lifetime diagnosis. By applying path analysis, we estimated paths between SEEKING, ANGER, FEAR, SADNESS, CARE, and PLAY (Affective Neuroscience Personality Scales; ANPS) and symptoms of substance abuse (Alcohol, Smoking, and Substance Involvement Screening Test; ASSIST) as well as depression, anxiety, and somatization (Brief Symptom Inventory; BSI-18). To examine the moderator effects of gender and psychiatric lifetime diagnosis, multigroup analysis was applied. Results: Substance abuse was associated with male sex (β = −.25), SADNESS (β = .25), and ANGER (β = .10). Depression was associated with SADNESS (β = .53), FEAR (β = .10), SEEKING (β = −.10), and PLAY (β = −.15). Anxiety was linked to SADNESS (β = .33), FEAR (β = .21) and PLAY (β = −.10). Somatization was associated with SADNESS (β = .26) and PLAY (β = −.12; all p < .001). Multigroup analysis revealed no differences in paths between tested groups (all p > .01). The model explained 14% of the variance of substance abuse, 52% of depression, 32% of anxiety, and 14% of somatization. Conclusions: The results further our understanding of the differential role of primary emotions in the development of psychopathology. In this, the general assumption that primary emotion functioning might be a valuable target in mental health care is underlined. Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-08-30 /pmc/articles/PMC6730598/ /pubmed/31543836 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2019.00610 Text en Copyright © 2019 Fuchshuber, Hiebler-Ragger, Kresse, Kapfhammer and Unterrainer http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
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Fuchshuber, Jürgen
Hiebler-Ragger, Michaela
Kresse, Adelheid
Kapfhammer, Hans-Peter
Unterrainer, Human Friedrich
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title_full Do Primary Emotions Predict Psychopathological Symptoms? A Multigroup Path Analysis
title_fullStr Do Primary Emotions Predict Psychopathological Symptoms? A Multigroup Path Analysis
title_full_unstemmed Do Primary Emotions Predict Psychopathological Symptoms? A Multigroup Path Analysis
title_short Do Primary Emotions Predict Psychopathological Symptoms? A Multigroup Path Analysis
title_sort do primary emotions predict psychopathological symptoms? a multigroup path analysis
topic Psychiatry
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6730598/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31543836
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2019.00610
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