APS

2024 APS Annual Convention

Avoidance, Fear, and Interference: The Different Pathways to Reduced Experience of Positivity

Friday, May 24, 2024 · San Francisco, CA

Oral · Personality/Emotion

Three talks will present empirical findings examining differential behavioral and person-based predictors of reduced positivity and depression. The talks are connected by their use of novel methodology that unpacks how and whether avoiding, fearing, and/or interfering with positivity results in anti-anhedonic experiences, which will be further explored by the discussant.

Chairs & Discussants

  • Duncan JordanChair
    The Ohio State University
  • E. Samuel WinerDiscussant
    The New School for Social Research

Presentations

  1. Negative Affective Intereference and Fear of Happiness Independently Predict DepressionDuncan Jordan, Amanda Collins, Jenna Kilgore, E. Winer
  2. Fear of Happiness Predicts Devaluation of Positive Climate Information in Climate-Concerned IndividualsSarah Simon
  3. Understanding the Dynamics of Anxiety, Depression, Avoidance, and Anhedonia: Insights from Three StudiesGregory Bartoszek, Noemie Kloucek, Daniel Craft, Elena Wu, E. Winer