Combining the Tripartite and Cognitive-Specificity Models of Anxiety and Depression

Authors

Scott A. Baldwin, Brigham Young University
Dr. Diane L. Spangler, Brigham Young University

Keywords

tripartite, cognitive-specificity models, anxiety, depression

College

Family, Home, and Social Sciences

Department

Psychology

Abstract

Depression and anxiety are often comorbid and several theories have been proposed to account for their co-occurrence. The tripartite model accounts for the comorbidity between anxiety and depression in terms of the underlying symptoms that are associated with the two disorders. According to the tripartite model, low positive affect (PA) is unique to depression, while autonomic arousal (AA) is unique to anxiety. Negative affect (NA) is common to both disorders; therefore, the relationship between the disorders in due to a common set of symptoms—NA.

Recommended Citation

Baldwin, Scott A. and Spangler, Dr. Diane L. (2013) "Combining the Tripartite and Cognitive-Specificity Models of Anxiety and Depression," Journal of Undergraduate Research: Vol. 2013: Iss. 1, Article 525.
Available at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/jur/vol2013/iss1/525