Mania and dysregulation in goal pursuit: a review

Johnson, Sheri L.

doi:10.1016/j.cpr.2004.11.002

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“…In fact, depressive and manic states in BD associated to atypical functional hemispheric asymmetries are thought to involve dysregulation of the behavioral approach system (Depue and Iacono, 1989;Fowles, 1993;Johnson, 2005). This system is assumed to regulate appetitive motivation and goal-directed behavior in response to signals of reward (Gray, 2001), predicting left prefrontal functional hemispheric asymmetry during mania.…”

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Atypical right hemispheric functioning in the euthymic state of bipolar affective disorder

Najt

Hausmann

2014

Psychiatry Research

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Atypical right hemispheric functioning in the euthymic state of bipolar affective disorder

Najt

Hausmann

2014

Psychiatry Research

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“…The currently dominant theoretical view is that mania reflects a hyperreactive approach system (Depue & Iacono, 1989;Fowles, 1993;Johnson, 2005). Consistent with this, one symptom of mania is euphoria, an affect unambiguously linked to approach.…”

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Anger is an approach-related affect: Evidence and implications.

Carver¹,

Harmon‐Jones²

2009

Psychological Bulletin

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The authors review a range of evidence concerning the motivational underpinnings of anger as an affect, with particular reference to the relationship between anger and anxiety or fear. The evidence supports the view that anger relates to an appetitive or approach motivational system, whereas anxiety relates to an aversive or avoidance motivational system. This evidence appears to have 2 implications. One implication concerns the nature of anterior cortical asymmetry effects. The evidence suggests that such asymmetry reflects direction of motivational engagement (approach vs. withdrawal) rather than affective valence. The other implication concerns the idea that affects form a purely positive dimension and a purely negative dimension, which reflect the operation of appetitive and aversive motivational systems, respectively. The evidence reviewed does not support that view. The evidence is, however, consistent with a discrete-emotions view (which does not rely on dimensionality) and with an alternative dimensional approach.Keywords: anger, approach, appetitive system, avoidance, threat system Recent years have seen a surge of interest in emotional experience (e.g., Barrett, Niedenthal, & Winkielman, 2005;Dalgleish & Power, 1999;Davidson, Scherer, & Goldsmith, 2003;Frijda, 2007; Lane & Nadel, 2000;Lewis & Haviland-Jones, 2000;Ortony, Clore, & Collins, 1988;Panksepp, 1998; Rottenberg & Johnson, 2007; Scherer, Schorr, & Johnstone, 2001). Views of emotion vary considerably, in several respects. As one example, some people view emotions as a set of distinct modular entities, often considered basic emotions (e.g., Ekman, 1992;Izard, 1991;Izard & Ackerman, 2000;Levenson, 1994Levenson, , 1999Panksepp, 1998;Roseman, 1991). Others hold that affects are best understood by reference to underlying dimensions (e.g., Barrett, 2006;Cacioppo, Gardner, & Berntson, 1999;Carver & Scheier, 1998;Davidson, 1998;Gray, 1994a;Lang, Bradley, & Cuthbert, 1992Russell, 2003;Russell & Carroll, 1999a, 1999bWatson, Wiese, Vaidya, & Tellegen, 1999;Yik, Russell, & Barrett, 1999). AngerThis article focuses on one specific affect-anger. Specifically, it addresses the relationship of this affect to broad motivational tendencies of approach and avoidance, and it considers implications of that relationship for two areas of thought and research. We begin with a few words about definitions.Sometimes the terms affect, feeling, and emotion are treated as interchangeable (e.g., Isen, 2000); sometimes they are distinguished from each other (e.g., Fredrickson, 2001;. Affect is generally used to imply a hedonic experience, a sense of valence, a subjective sense of positivity or negativity arising from an event. When many use the word emotion, it is with that sense in mind. As Frijda (2000) put it, "For many theorists, the essence of emotion is feeling, and notably 'affect,' here used in the sense of a feeling of pleasure or pain . . . ." (p. 63). As Ortony et al. (1988) put it, emotions are ". . valenced reactions to events, agents, or objects . ." (p. 13). T...

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“…The objective of the BAS is to regulate appetitive motivation and goal-directed behavior to obtain rewards and/or avoid punishment. Researchers have highlighted the act of goal striving as a prototypic life event that turns on the BAS in humans (Depue, Luciana, Arbisi, Collins, & Leon, 1994;Johnson, 2005). Depue et al (1987;Depue & Iacono, 1989) proposed a BAS dysregulation theory of bipolar disorder.…”

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A goal-striving life event and the onset of hypomanic and depressive episodes and symptoms: Perspective from the Behavioral Approach System (BAS) dysregulation theory.

Nusslock¹,

Abramson²,

Harmon‐Jones³

et al. 2007

Journal of Abnormal Psychology

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103

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On the basis of the behavioral approach system (BAS) dysregulation theory of bipolar disorder, this study examined the relation between occurrence of a BAS activation-relevant life event-goal striving-and onset of hypomanic and depressive episodes and symptoms. In particular, the authors examined the relation between preparing for and completing final exams (a goal-striving event) and onset of bipolar spectrum episodes and symptoms in college students with bipolar II disorder or cyclothymia (i.e., "soft" bipolar spectrum conditions). One hundred fifty-nine individuals with either a bipolar spectrum disorder (n ϭ 68) or no major affective psychopathology (controls; n ϭ 91) were further classified on the basis of whether they were college students (i.e., completed final exams). Consistent with the BAS dysregulation theory, preparing for and completing final exams was associated with an increase in hypomanic but not depressive episodes and symptoms in individuals with a soft bipolar spectrum diagnosis. Furthermore, self-reported BAS sensitivity moderated the presence of certain hypomanic symptoms during final exams.

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Mania and dysregulation in goal pursuit: a review

Cited by 346 publications

References 96 publications

Atypical right hemispheric functioning in the euthymic state of bipolar affective disorder

Atypical right hemispheric functioning in the euthymic state of bipolar affective disorder

Anger is an approach-related affect: Evidence and implications.

A goal-striving life event and the onset of hypomanic and depressive episodes and symptoms: Perspective from the Behavioral Approach System (BAS) dysregulation theory.

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