Unpacking the NIH Toolbox Emotion Battery in Persons With Parkinson’s disease

Abstract Objective Examine the relationship between the National Institutes of Health Toolbox Emotion Battery (Emotion Toolbox) and traditional measures in Parkinson’s disease (PD). Method Persons with PD (n = 30) and cognitively healthy older adults (OA; n = 40) completed the Emotion Toolbox consisting of Well-Being, Negative Affect, and Social Satisfaction scores along with traditional measures of depression (Beck Depression Inventory-II [BDI-II]), anxiety (State–Trait Anxiety Inventory [STAI]), and apathy (Apathy Scale [AS]); total raw scores). Results Separate bootstrapped analyses of covariance indicated that the PD group scored higher on BDI-II and STAI-State compared to OA (ps