Towards explaining and restoring dysfunctional affect dynamics in depression: the role of sub-optimal goal constellations. KU Leuven
Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) is a highly prevalent and debilitating mental disorder, marked by severe emotional disturbances. Besides alterations in average levels of positive and negative affect, these disturbances are evident in the dynamical patterns with which MDD patients’ affect unfolds over time. Although there is fair consensus that these dysfunctional affect dynamics constitute an important perpetuating mechanism in MDD, the ...