ArticleBJPsych open2025
Bidirectional associations among positive affect, anhedonia and meaning in life during major depressive episode: ecological momentary assessment study in unipolar and bipolar individuals and healthy controls.
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- Daily Meaning in Life Buffers the Within-Person Relationships Between Perceived Burdensomeness and Thwarted Belongingness With Next-Day Suicidal Ideation: An Ecological Momentary Assessment Study.Suicide & life-threatening behavior · 2026Article
- Investigating behavioral inertia in passively sensed smartphone parameters to differentiate affective episodes in patients with bipolar disorder.Neuroscience applied · 2026Article
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Abstract
backgroundDiagnostic accuracy is an unmet need for major depressive disorder (MDD) and major depressive episode (MDE) in bipolar disorder. Very limited research has evaluated bipolar disorder/MDE and MDD using ecological momentary assessment (EMA) time-series data.
aimsWe aimed to examine differentiating phenomenological characteristics in positive affect dynamics, and temporal relationships with pleasure towards current activity and meaning in life (MIL), among MDD, MDE/bipolar disorder and healthy controls using EMA.
methodParticipants (
resultsFrom 4632 EMA observations, positive affect dynamics (inertia, variability and instability) did not differ significantly across groups (all
conclusionIndividuals with MDE/bipolar disorder, but not MDD, had less self-reported MIL from positive affect and pleasure. There is little evidence that emotional experience alone characterises the pathophysiology between MDD and MDE/bipolar disorder; such investigation may be limited by within-group heterogeneity. Our findings provide a new perspective on using a time-series approach beyond bimodal measures in EMA to differentiate bipolar disorder/MDE and MDD.
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