Association of behavioral activation system sensitivity to lower level facets of positive affect in daily life

Safety on demand: Post‐hypnotic suggestions of safety reduce neural signals of reward sensitivity with long‐term beneficial effects

“…However, previous research indicates that positive affect is a heterogeneous construct subsuming qualitatively different states with distinct implications for cognition, motivation, and behavior (Gilbert et al, 2008; Harmon‐Jones & Harmon‐Jones, 2021; Shiota et al, 2014). In this regard, a recent study set out to disentangle distinct facets of positive affect and determine their associations to reward sensitivity (Dornbach‐Bender et al, 2020). Their analysis revealed four facets of positive affect: serenity, joviality, attentiveness, and self‐assurance, all being significantly positively correlated with reward responsiveness except for the serenity facet which showed no association (Dornbach‐Bender et al, 2020).…”

“…In this regard, a recent study set out to disentangle distinct facets of positive affect and determine their associations to reward sensitivity (Dornbach‐Bender et al, 2020). Their analysis revealed four facets of positive affect: serenity, joviality, attentiveness, and self‐assurance, all being significantly positively correlated with reward responsiveness except for the serenity facet which showed no association (Dornbach‐Bender et al, 2020). This finding is in line with research associating positive affective states of safety and contentment with a quiescence motivational state following reward acquisition, goal achievement, and fulfillment of consummatory needs (Depue & Morrone‐Strupinsky, 2005; Gilbert et al, 2008; McCall & Singer, 2012) and less with an approach‐motivated appetitive state of reward‐seeking targeted at reward acquisition (Corr, 2008; Gray, 1987).…”

“…In contrast, Foti and Hajcak (2010) reported decreased RewP amplitudes after the induction of sadness, a negative affective state associated with low BAS activation (Leventhal, 2008). With respect to positive affective states, Paul and Pourtois (2017) reported increased RewP amplitudes after the induction of happiness, which is associated with greater BAS reward responsiveness (Dornbach‐Bender et al, 2020). However, to our knowledge, no study investigated alterations in RewP amplitude after the induction of a positive affective state associated with low BAS activation consistent with the conceptualization of a quiescence motivated state (Depue & Morrone‐Strupinsky, 2005; Gilbert et al, 2008; McCall & Singer, 2012).…”

Los modelos dimensionales de la personalidad y su importancia en la psicología de la salud

“…Por otra parte, el sic ayuda a identificar los estímulos asociados con el castigo o la aparición de eventos negativos, relacionándose con el afecto negativo o con comportamientos de evitación pasiva, rumiación, que podrían llevar a cuadros tales como la ansiedad (Corr, 2004;Corr y Cooper, 2016;Merchán-Clavellino, Alameda-Bailén, Zayas García y Guil, 2019). Estudios recientes se han enfocado en el estudio del sac identificando que su estructura factorial podría reflejar un sistema multifacético que se asociaría con las dimensiones del afecto positivo (Dornbach-Bender et al, 2020), mientras que otros estudios señalan que se trataría de un factor general (Kelley et al, 2019).…”

“…Una ventaja de la utilización de este modelo es que responde a los modelos temperamentales. Al respecto, la asociación entre el afecto negativo y el sic se ha verificado en estudios experimentales con sujetos sanos; sin embargo, la asociación entre el afecto positivo y el sac parece ser más compleja, ya que se han identificado diferentes facetas (Corr, 2004;Dornbach-Bender et al, 2020). Un estudio sobre el volumen de materia gris y cada uno de los sistemas comportamentales dirigido por Barros-Loscertales et al (2006) encontró que mayores puntuaciones en sic correlacionan con un mayor volumen de la amígdala (núcleo basolateral) y zonas ventrales de la formación hipocampal a nivel cerebral.…”