Positive affect promotes well-being and alleviates depression: The mediating effect of attentional bias.

作者: Yuanyuan Xu , Yongju Yu , Yuanjun Xie , Li Peng , Botao Liu

DOI: 10.1016/J.PSYCHRES.2015.06.011

关键词: Depression (differential diagnoses)Structural equation modelingPsychologyWell-beingAttentional biasAffect (psychology)Self reportLife satisfactionMediation (statistics)Developmental psychology

摘要: The present study tested whether the relationships among positive affect, psychological well-being, life satisfaction and depression could be explained by positive and negative attentional bias. Structural equation modeling and mediation analyses were conducted based on 565 medical freshmen in China. The model of attentional bias as a mediator between positive affect promoting well-being and decreasing depression fit the data. Finding showed positive affect significantly related to positive and negative attentional biases …

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