Positive Affective Recovery in Daily Life as a Momentary Mechanism Across Subclinical and Clinical Stages of Mental Disorder: Experience Sampling Study

Leonie Ader   ¹ , MSc ;   Anita Schick   ¹ , PhD ;   Claudia Simons   ^{2, 3} , PhD ;   Philippe Delespaul   ^{2, 4} , PhD ;   Inez Myin-Germeys   ⁵ , PhD ;   Thomas Vaessen   ^{5, 6} , PhD ;   Ulrich Reininghaus   ^{1, 7, 8} , PhD

¹ Department of Public Mental Health, Central Institute of Mental Health, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Mannheim, Germany

² Department of Psychiatry and Neuropsychology, School for Mental Health and Neuroscience, Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences, Maastricht University, Maastricht, Netherlands

³ GGzE Institute for Mental Health Care, Eindhoven, Netherlands

⁴ Department of Adult Psychiatry, Mondriaan Mental Health Trust, Heerlen, Netherlands

⁵ Center for Contextual Psychiatry, Department of Neuroscience, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

⁶ Faculty of Behavioural, Management and Social Sciences, Psychology, Health & Technology, University of Twente, Enschede, Netherlands

⁷ ESRC Centre for Society and Mental Health, King's College London, London, United Kingdom

⁸ Centre for Epidemiology and Public Health, Health Service and Population Research Department, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, King’s College London, London, United Kingdom