ArticleDepression and anxiety2022
Real-time assessment of positive and negative affective fluctuations and mood lability in a transdiagnostic sample of youth.
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- Readdressing the Ongoing Challenge of Missing Data in Youth Ecological Momentary Assessment Studies: Meta-Analysis Update.Journal of medical Internet research · 2025Pooled it
- Promoting Psychological Resilience and Well-Being in Youth With a Smartphone-Based Ecological Momentary mHealth Intervention: Secondary Analysis of a Microrandomized Trial.Journal of medical Internet research · 2026Trial
- Ecological Momentary Assessment of Emotion Dysregulation in Attention-Deficit/ Hyperactivity Disorder: A Systematic Review.The Psychiatric quarterly · 2026Review
- Advancing the measurement of psychotherapy outcomes for youth with irritability using in vivo ecological momentary assessment: an exploratory observational study.Child and adolescent mental health · 2026Observational
- Evaluating psychometric validity of ecological momentary assessment for youth irritability.Journal of affective disorders · 2025Article
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- Momentary Dynamics Implicate Emotional Features in the ADHD Phenotype.Research on child and adolescent psychopathology · 2024Article
- Sleepless nights, sour moods: daily sleep-irritability links in a pediatric clinical sample.Journal of child psychology and psychiatry, and allied disciplines · 2024Article
- Selecting an Ecological Momentary Assessment Platform: Tutorial for Researchers.Journal of medical Internet research · 2024Article
- Real-time assessment of positive and negative affective fluctuations and mood lability in a transdiagnostic sample of youth.Depression and anxiety · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundEmotional lability, defined as rapid and/or intense affect fluctuations, is associated with pediatric psychopathology. Although numerous studies have examined labile mood in clinical groups, few studies have used real-time assessments in a well-characterized transdiagnostic sample, and no prior study has included participants with disruptive mood dysregulation disorder (DMDD). The present study leverages ecological momentary assessment (EMA) to assess emotional lability in a transdiagnostic pediatric sample.
methodsOne hundred thirty participants ages 8-18 with primary diagnoses of DMDD, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), an anxiety disorder (ANX), or healthy volunteers completed a previously validated 1-week EMA protocol. Clinicians determined diagnoses based on semi-structured interviews and assessed levels of functional impairment. Participants reported momentary affective states and mood change. Composite scores of fluctuations in positive and negative affect were generated. Affect fluctuations were compared between diagnostic groups and tested for their association with functional impairment.
resultsDiagnostic groups differed in levels of negative and positive emotional lability. DMDD patients demonstrated the highest level of labile mood compared with other groups. Emotional lability was associated with global impairment in the whole sample.
conclusionsBoth positive and negative emotional lability is salient in pediatric psychopathology and is associated with functional impairment, particularly in DMDD youth.
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