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

In: Twin research and human genetics: the official journal of the International Society for Twin Studies (ISTS) and the Human Genetics Society of Australasia, Band 10, Heft S1, S. 19-20

Abstract

AbstractThe 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.