Negative affect: How diet, lifestyle, and supplements may provide benefits.

Summary

“Affect” is a broad term used in psychology for anything having to do with the mental component of emotions.^[1] These mental events can have what psychologists call a valence: they can feel good or bad. “Negative affect” is a mental event associated with emotions that feels bad. Examples include sadness, fear, or shame.

One common scale that is used to measure both negative affect and positive (good-feeling) affect is the Positive and Negative Affect Schedule (PANAS).^[2]

Examine Database: Negative affect

Intervention	Grade	Evidence	Effect
Fish Oil	D	Participants: 272	No effect

Fish Oil

Participants: 272

No effect

Intervention	Grade	Effect	Detail
Fish Oil	D

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References

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Fish Oil - Annie T Ginty, Matthew F Muldoon, Dora C H Kuan, Brittney Schirda, Thomas W Kamarck, J Richard Jennings, Stephen B Manuck, Peter J GianarosOmega-3 Supplementation and the Neural Correlates of Negative Affect and Impulsivity: A Double-Blind, Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Trial in Midlife AdultsPsychosom Med.(2017 Jun)