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Depression: Too Much Negative Affect or Too Little Positive Affect?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 February 2012

Marieke Wichers ,
Nele Jacobs ,
Catherine Derom ,
Evert Thiery  and
Jim van Os
Marieke Wichers
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry and Neuropsychology, South Limburg Mental Health Research and Teaching Network, EURON, Maastricht University, the Netherlands.
Nele Jacobs
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry and Neuropsychology, South Limburg Mental Health Research and Teaching Network, EURON, Maastricht University, the Netherlands; Department of Psychology, Open University of the Netherlands, Heerlen, the Netherlands.
Catherine Derom
Affiliation:
Association for Scientific Research and Multiple Births, Ghent, Belgium; Department of Human Genetics, University Hospital Gasthuisberg, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium.
Evert Thiery
Affiliation:
Association for Scientific Research and Multiple Births, Ghent, Belgium.
Jim van Os
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry and Neuropsychology, South Limburg Mental Health Research and Teaching Network, EURON, Maastricht University, the Netherlands; Division of Psychological Medicine, Institute of Psychiatry, London, United Kingdom.

Abstract

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The focus of research in depression is on negative affect. However, positive affect is under-investigated and plays an important role in resilience against depression by neutralizing the effects of genetic vulnerability to depression.

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Twin Research and Human Genetics , Volume 10 , Supplement S1 , 01 December 2007 , pp. 19 - 20
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2007