Anxiety and anhedonia in depression: Associations with neuroticism and cognitive control

Despite the fact that higher levels of anxiety and anhedonia in Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) are linked to poorer treatment outcomes, mechanisms contributing to these clinical presentations remain unclear. Neuroticism, impaired cognitive control, and blunted reward learning may be critical processes involved in MDD and may help to explain symptoms of anxiety and anhedonia.Using baseline data from patients with early-onset MDD (N = 296) in the...