Negative Affect and Positive Affect (Tellegen 1985, Watson & Clark 1997, Watson & Tellegen 1985). Negative Affect reflects the extent to which a per-son experiencing negative mood states such as fear, sadness, anger, and guilt, whereas Positive Affect reflects the extent to which one reports positive feelings such asjoy. enthusiasm, energy, and alertness. These two general dimcnsions arc differcntially related to depression and anxiety. Specifically, depression and anxiety both are strongly related to meas-ures of general Negative Affect. In contrast, measures of Positive Atfect are of anxious and depressive phenomena. of depression and anxiety can be grouped into three of a general dis- of disorder. However, each syndrome of symptoms: somatic tension and hy- of breath, dizziness and lightheadedness, dry mouth) of anhedonia and the of Positive Affect (e.g. loss of interest, feeling that nothing is interest- of emotion (Barlow 1988, 1991) and so relates these disor- of anxiety (or "anx- of anxiety (anxious apprehcnsion), (b) autonomic arousal is an cxprcs-

DOI link for Negative Affect and Positive Affect (Tellegen 1985, Watson & Clark 1997, Watson & Tellegen 1985). Negative Affect reflects the extent to which a per-son experiencing negative mood states such as fear, sadness, anger, and guilt, whereas Positive Affect reflects the extent to which one reports positive feelings such asjoy. enthusiasm, energy, and alertness. These two general dimcnsions arc differcntially related to depression and anxiety. Specifically, depression and anxiety both are strongly related to meas-ures of general Negative Affect. In contrast, measures of Positive Atfect are of anxious and depressive phenomena. of depression and anxiety can be grouped into three of a general dis- of disorder. However, each syndrome of symptoms: somatic tension and hy- of breath, dizziness and lightheadedness, dry mouth) of anhedonia and the of Positive Affect (e.g. loss of interest, feeling that nothing is interest- of emotion (Barlow 1988, 1991) and so relates these disor- of anxiety (or "anx- of anxiety (anxious apprehcnsion), (b) autonomic arousal is an cxprcs-

Negative Affect and Positive Affect (Tellegen 1985, Watson & Clark 1997, Watson & Tellegen 1985). Negative Affect reflects the extent to which a per-son experiencing negative mood states such as fear, sadness, anger, and guilt, whereas Positive Affect reflects the extent to which one reports positive feelings such asjoy. enthusiasm, energy, and alertness. These two general dimcnsions arc differcntially related to depression and anxiety. Specifically, depression and anxiety both are strongly related to meas-ures of general Negative Affect. In contrast, measures of Positive Atfect are of anxious and depressive phenomena. of depression and anxiety can be grouped into three of a general dis- of disorder. However, each syndrome of symptoms: somatic tension and hy- of breath, dizziness and lightheadedness, dry mouth) of anhedonia and the of Positive Affect (e.g. loss of interest, feeling that nothing is interest- of emotion (Barlow 1988, 1991) and so relates these disor- of anxiety (or "anx- of anxiety (anxious apprehcnsion), (b) autonomic arousal is an cxprcs-