Apart from the classical syndromes characterizing euphoric mania and melancholic depression, recent literature has pointed to alternative mood states associating both manic and depressive symptoms.
In both samples, findings indicate that positive mood states are associated with self-efficacy to achieve self-set goals.
We suggest that future research should look at the extent to which intervention strategies designed to enhance mood states are associated with enhanced performance.
The aim of this study was to conduct a variable cluster analysis in order to ascertain how mood states are associated with chronobiological traits in bipolar I disorder (BDI).
Self-reported negative mood states have been associated with lower NK cell activity [ 27, 28] and symptoms of depression have been linked with increased salivary cortisol [ 29] impaired lymphocyte proliferation [ 30, 31] and reduced NK cell cytotoxicity against tumor cells [ 32- 34].
In contrast, retrospective report of percent of past year in depressed/anhedonic or elevated mood state was not associated with menopausal stage (Table 2).
There may be specific aspects of job-related mood states depending on the stresses associated with different professions, and in the context of the Institute of Psychiatry, this appeared to be anxiety-contentment.
Self-discrepancies are associated with negative mood states and incite self-regulatory behavior in order to reduce these discrepancies.
The present findings are supported by adult studies evaluating mood symptoms of hypoglycaemia, which have shown that low blood glucose is often associated with negative mood states, but also occasionally with positive mood states 1, 17– 17.
Chronic, heavy use of ethanol produces an allostatic state wherein reinforcing and stress-provoking effects of the drug battle and oppose each other but generally contribute to an altered set point below that associated with normal mood states.
