affective
/əˈfɛktɪv
/adjective Psychology
1Relating to moods, feelings, and attitudes.A therapeutic range has not been established for valproic acid in affective disorders....
- Most defendants who were hospitalised had diagnoses of schizophrenia or bipolar affective disorder.
- There was also a low prevalence of affective disorders in the violent group.
1.1Denoting or relating to mental disorders in which disturbance of mood is the primary symptom.The women who reported more severe coercion were more likely to be diagnosed with bipolar affective disorder....
- Of a total of 55 participants with complete data, 43 reported a lifetime affective disorder.
- Episodes of psychosis recurring each autumn sounds like an extreme version of seasonal affective disorder.
Derivatives
affectively
- According to the McMaster model of family functioning, parents need to be affectively involved with their children.
- Complex animal vocalizations appear more akin to music, with its vaguely defined, affectively rich ‘meaning.’
- Pat appears to ‘extend herself out’ to her father, but she does this only cognitively, not affectively.
affectivity
/ noun ...- For example, mothers high in trait negative affectivity may have more negative social information processing styles.
- The song was politicised, reflexive and drenched in affectivity.
- Such exposures resulted in decreased verbal attention, visual memory, motoricity, and affectivity.
Origin
Late Middle English: via French from late Latin affectivus, from afficere (see affect2).