scholarly journals A video is worth a thousand thoughts: comparing a video mood induction procedure to an autobiographical recall technique

Author(s):  
Grant J. Devilly ◽  
Riley P. O’Donohue
1988 ◽  
Vol 66 (3) ◽  
pp. 855-860 ◽  
Author(s):  
Russell A. Radenhausen ◽  
James M. Anker

The relationship between depressed mood, reasoning and perceptual performance was examined with 57 undergraduate volunteers. To intensify its effect, Velten's 1968 mood induction procedure was modified by having subjects hear a prerecording of each mood statement prior to saying it themselves. Also, midway through the experiment subjects completed an abbreviated mood induction to ensure continuation of the appropriate mood. Ratings of subjects' mood on a 13-point Likert scale before and after mood induction indicated the mood induction was effective. Subjects completed the reasoning measure of 48 syllogisms, and the perceptual measure involving identification of positive, negative, or neutral stimulus words presented tachistoscopically. “Depressed” individuals showed poorer reasoning performance of marginal significance than “elated” subjects. Mood induction did not appear to affect perceptual performance. Results are discussed in terms of the research on reasoning deficits in depression.


1986 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 461-467 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas F. Cash ◽  
David C. Rimm ◽  
Robert MacKinnon

2018 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Luz Fernández-Aguilar ◽  
Jorge Ricarte ◽  
Laura Ros ◽  
Jose M. Latorre

2011 ◽  
Vol 42 (7) ◽  
pp. 1397-1407 ◽  
Author(s):  
O. J. Robinson ◽  
C. Overstreet ◽  
A. Letkiewicz ◽  
C. Grillon

BackgroundDepression and anxiety disorders (ADs) are highly co-morbid, but the reason for this co-morbidity is unclear. One possibility is that they predispose one another. An informative way to examine interactions between disorders without the confounds present in patient populations is to manipulate the psychological processes thought to underlie the pathological states in healthy individuals. In this study we therefore asked whether a model of the sad mood in depression can enhance psychophysiological responses (startle) to a model of the anxiety in ADs. We predicted that sad mood would increase anxious anxiety-potentiated startle responses.MethodIn a between-subjects design, participants (n=36) completed either a sad mood induction procedure (MIP; n=18) or a neutral MIP (n=18). Startle responses were assessed during short-duration predictable electric shock conditions (fear-potentiated startle) or long-duration unpredictable threat of shock conditions (anxiety-potentiated startle).ResultsInduced sadness enhanced anxiety- but not fear-potentiated startle.ConclusionsThis study provides support for the hypothesis that sadness can increase anxious responding measured by the affective startle response. This, taken together with prior evidence that ADs can contribute to depression, provides initial experimental support for the proposition that ADs and depression are frequently co-morbid because they may be mutually reinforcing.


2004 ◽  
Vol 32 (8) ◽  
pp. 715-722 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jordan M. Henkel ◽  
Verlin B. Hinsz

The experimental study of mood and affect requires the manipulation of mood experiences. There are some problems regarding the use of certain types of success and failure mood induction procedures and how they actually induce the desired mood. The authors hypothesized that success and failure in goal attainment would lead to desired differences in positive and negative affect. Results indicate that success in attaining a goal led to more positive affect and less negative affect, while failure in goal attainment resulted in less positive affect and more negative affect. These results demonstrate that goal-setting situations are viable ways to explore affective reactions and support success and failure in goal attainment as a method to induce desired moods.


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