A substantial proportion of youth with anxiety disorders shows comorbid behavioral (anger) problems. Such comorbid profile is associated with low treatment effectiveness and negative (longterm) outcomes. This study was therefore designed to examine trait factors that may promote anger responding in adolescents. By presenting participants (N = 158, mean age = 15.7, 56% female) with a series of common anger-eliciting situations, we tested whether high reward sensitivity would be associated with anger via perceived non-reward, and high punishment sensitivity via perceived threat. In line with the hypotheses, an indirect effect of reward sensitivity on anger was found via perceived non-reward, and an indirect effect of punishment sensitivity on anger via perceived threat. The latter association also had an indirect effect via perceived non-reward. High punishment and reward sensitivity may thus set adolescents at risk for developing (comorbid) anger problems via heightened threat and non-reward perceptions.

相当一部分患有焦虑症的青少年表现出共病的行为（愤怒）问题。这种共病情况与低治疗效果和负面（长期）结果有关。因此，本研究旨在检查可能促进青少年愤怒反应的特质因素。通过向参与者（N = 158，平均年龄 = 15.7，56% 为女性）展示一系列常见的引发愤怒的情况，我们测试了高奖励敏感性是否会通过感知到的非奖励与愤怒相关，以及高惩罚敏感性是否通过感知与愤怒相关联威胁。与假设一致的是，奖励敏感性通过感知到的非奖励对愤怒产生间接影响，而惩罚敏感性通过感知到威胁对愤怒产生间接影响。后一种关联还通过感知到的非奖励产生间接影响。