The Effect of Music Listening Versus Written Reframing on Mood Management

2012 ◽  
Vol 31 (4) ◽  
pp. 303-315 ◽  
Author(s):  
Merry J. Sleigh ◽  
Jordan McElroy
Keyword(s):  
Mood State ◽  
Negative Mood ◽  
Positive Mood ◽  
Music Listening ◽  
Original Writings ◽  
Mood Management ◽  
Self Reflection ◽  
Mood Changes ◽  
Induced Mood ◽  
Prime Condition

We compared the influence of music listening versus written reframing on mood regulation. Participants (n = 197) were randomly allocated to one of four conditions. A written, self-reflection exercise primed participants to be in either a positive or negative mood, which was assessed with the Multidimensional Mood State Questionnaire (MDMQ, 2011; Steyer, Schwenkmeger, Notz, & Eid, 1997). Half of the participants in the positive prime condition then selected and listened to music opposite of the induced mood. The other half engaged in a written reframing exercise, in which they revisited the event in their original writings but did so by reflecting on the event from the opposite emotional perspective. This process was repeated for participants in the negative prime condition. The MDMQ was used again to assess mood. Results revealed that music and writing changed both men and women’s moods from positive to negative or from negative to positive. Music exerted a more powerful influence than writing and exerted a stronger influence on women than men, especially when lifting participants from a negative mood to a positive mood. Our results also indicated that participants were aware of their mood changes.

scholarly journals Comparison on the Effect of Doing Exercise, Listening to Music and Taking Quiet Rest on Mood Changes

2011 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 37-44
Author(s):  
Eric C.K. TSANG
Keyword(s):  
Instrumental Music ◽  
Mood State ◽  
Negative Mood ◽  
Positive Mood ◽  
Exercise Group ◽  
School Students ◽  
Mood Change ◽  
Mood Changes ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Group B

LANGUAGE NOTE | Document text in English; abstract also in Chinese. This study compared the effect of doing exercise, listening to music and taking quiet rest on mood changes. Three hundred and thirty seven secondary school students participated in this study. They were randomly assigned to three groups: (a) aerobic exercise group; (b) light instrumental music group; and (c) quiet rest group. All participants were administered with the Profile Of Mood State (POMS; Grove & Prapavessis, 1992) before and after the thirty minutes activity. It was found that both doing exercise and listening to music were effective in resulting a mood change by lowering the negative mood state. Participants after doing exercise reported a significant increase in positive mood. Conversely, participants after taking a quiet rest reported an increase in negative mood. It was concluded that doing exercise was most effective to achieve a positive mood change, yet, for those non-exercisers, listening to music could also induce positive psychological changes. 此研究是比較進行運動，聆聽音樂，及靜坐，對情緒的影響。三百三十七位参與測試的中學生，隨機分為三組，(a) 帶氧運動組，(b) 聆聽輕音樂組，及 (c)靜坐組。實驗進行三十分鐘，各参加者在實驗前及後都以Profile Of Mood State(POMS; Grove & Prapavessis, 1992) 作答，以探討他們的情緒變化；研究顯示進行運動及聆聽音樂，都能有效降低負面情緒，而進行運動者在正面情緒方面，更有明顯提升; 反而，靜坐組顯示在實驗後負面情緒有明顯上升，此研究作出結論，進行運動對改善情緒最為有效，但聆聽音樂對非運動愛好者，亦能改善心理狀况。

scholarly journals Ironically enjoyed music: An investigation of the unique self-regulatory value of irony as part of the enjoyment of music

2021 ◽  
pp. 030573562097868
Author(s):  
Annemieke JM van den Tol ◽  
Roger Giner-Sorolla
Keyword(s):  
Positive Mood ◽  
Personal Identification ◽  
Music Listening ◽  
Mood Management ◽  
Additional Function ◽  
Mood Enhancement ◽  
Management Functions ◽  
Regulatory Functions ◽  
Music Study

Ironic enjoyment occurs when people enjoy music despite or because of it being evaluated as bad. Although initial qualitative results suggest that this phenomenon fulfills a variety of self-regulatory functions that are also found in enjoyed music, to date no research has experimentally tested how important these functions are in ironically enjoyed music, in comparison to naturally enjoyed music. In two between-subjects experiments, participants ( N = 216 and N = 143) were instructed to think back to a recent occasion in which they listened to a piece of music which they either enjoyed ironically or enjoyed naturally. They then answered questions on the effects this had on them (Studies 1 and 2) and on the subjective qualities of the music (Study 2). The results suggested that ironically enjoyed music had less effect on personal identification and on managing positive or negative moods and was also appreciated less and judged as less novel than naturally enjoyed music. Differences in mood-management functions were associated with lower levels of subjective qualities of ironically enjoyed music, especially appreciation. Novelty was especially related to positive mood enhancement for ironically enjoyed music. Participants mentioned humor as an additional function of ironically enjoyed music listening.

Decision Making under Uncertainty and Information Processing in Positive and Negative Mood States

2014 ◽  
Vol 115 (1) ◽  
pp. 91-105 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sachi Nandan Mohanty ◽  
Damodar Suar
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Information Processing ◽  
Health Risk ◽  
Mood State ◽  
Negative Mood ◽  
Positive Mood ◽  
Mood States ◽  
Decision Making Under Uncertainty ◽  
Heuristic Information Processing ◽  
Institute Of Technology

This study examines whether mood states (a) influence decision making under uncertainty and (b) affect information processing. 200 students at the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur participated in this study. Positive mood was induced by showing comedy movie clips to 100 participants and negative mood was induced by showing tragedy movie clips to another 100 participants. The participants were administered a questionnaire containing hypothetical situations of financial gains and losses, and a health risk problem. The participants selected a choice for each situation, and stated the reasons for their choice. Results suggested that the participants preferred cautious choices in the domain of gain and in health risk problems and risky choices in the domain of loss. Analysis of the reasons for the participants' choices suggested more fluency, originality, and flexibility of information in a negative mood compared to a positive mood. A negative (positive) mood state facilitated systematic (heuristic) information processing.

scholarly journals Language and transient emotional states affect implicit cultural bias

2018 ◽  
Vol 72 (5) ◽  
pp. 1242-1249
Author(s):  
Ceri Ellis ◽  
Lowri Hadden ◽  
Manon Wyn Jones
Keyword(s):  
Implicit Association Test ◽  
Emotional State ◽  
Mood State ◽  
Native Language ◽  
Negative Mood ◽  
Mood States ◽  
Cultural Bias ◽  
Emotional States ◽  
Implicit Association ◽  
Induced Mood

Bilinguals react to cultural information in a language-dependent fashion, but it is unknown whether this is influenced by the individual’s emotional state. Here, we show that induced mood states increase cultural bias—measured using the Implicit Association Test (IAT)—but this effect occurs asymmetrically across languages. In the native language, bilinguals show a strong cultural bias, which is not influenced by mood. But in the non-native language, a relatively low cultural bias significantly increases as a function of a positive or negative mood. Our findings suggest that the native language promotes an inherent cultural bias, which is impervious to fluctuations in the bilingual’s mood state. In the second language, however, bilinguals are culturally impartial, unless they are in a heightened mood state.

Effects of Mood State and Favorability of Feedback on Reactions to Performance Feedback

1996 ◽  
Vol 83 (3) ◽  
pp. 923-934 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leslie B. Hammer ◽  
Eugene F. Stone-Romero
Keyword(s):  
Negative Feedback ◽  
Performance Feedback ◽  
Mood Induction ◽  
Mood State ◽  
Negative Mood ◽  
Interactive Effects ◽  
Experimental Simulation ◽  
Regression Analyses ◽  
Induced Mood ◽  
Experimentally Induced

An experimental simulation involving 55 women assessed the main and interactive effects of experimentally induced mood state (positive vs negative) and favorability of performance feedback (positive vs negative) on the perceived accuracy of feedback. The study was conducted in two sessions. During Session I the subjects role-played the position of an advertising agent and worked on an advertising task. In Session II they were administered either a positive or negative mood induction, given positive or negative feedback on the advertising task, and completed a measure of the perceived accuracy of feedback. Regression analyses indicated support for hypothesized main and interactive effects, suggesting that mood state and favorability of feedback interactively affect the perceived accuracy of received feedback.

Effects of Running on Moods: A Time Series Study

1987 ◽  
Vol 64 (3) ◽  
pp. 783-789 ◽  
Author(s):  
John B. Dyer ◽  
Joyce G. Crouch
Keyword(s):  
Time Series ◽  
Mood State ◽  
Positive Mood ◽  
Time Of Day ◽  
State University ◽  
Time Series Study ◽  
Mood Changes ◽  
Series Design ◽  
Changes Over Time ◽  
Series Study

The purpose of this study was to compare the mood variation in runners of differing ability and commitment to running and the time at which they ran. The subjects, 32 male and 27 female undergraduates of a state university, were in one of three groups based on ability and commitment to running. A time-series design was utilized whereby each group completed four Profile of Mood State questionnaires over a 6-hr. period that centered on the time of day at which subjects ran. All subjects completed a 12-item Commitment to Running scale. Both groups of runners had significantly more positive POMS mood profiles than nonrunners. Mood changes over time suggest that the activity of running may improve one's mood and that moderate levels of running result in positive mood profiles comparable to those of advanced runners.

scholarly journals Edge of the Present: A Virtual Reality Tool to Cultivate Future Thinking, Positive Mood and Wellbeing

2020 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 140
Author(s):  
Stephanie Habak ◽  
Jill Bennett ◽  
Alex Davies ◽  
Michaela Davies ◽  
Helen Christensen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Virtual Reality ◽  
Mixed Reality ◽  
Virtual Work ◽  
Mood State ◽  
Negative Mood ◽  
Positive Mood ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Future Thinking ◽  
Post Intervention ◽  
The Impact

Depression and suicidality are characterized by negative imagery as well as impoverished positive imagery. Although some evidence exists supporting the link between positive imagery and enhanced mood, much work needs to be done. This study explored the impact of an immersive virtual reality experience (Edge of the Present—EOTP) on an individual’s mood, state of well-being, and future thinking. Using a 10-min mixed reality experience, 79 individuals explored virtual landscapes within a purposefully built, physical room. A pre and post survey containing mental health measures were administered to each participant. An optional interview following the virtual work was also conducted. The results indicated that positive mood and well-being increased significantly post-intervention. Hopelessness scores and negative mood decreased, whilst sense of presence was very high. This pilot study is among the first to assess the feasibility of a mixed reality experience as a potential platform for depression and suicide prevention by increasing well-being and mood as well as decreasing hopelessness symptoms.

scholarly journals Induced Positive Mood and Cognitive Flexibility: Evidence from Task Switching and Reversal Learning

2018 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Amy T. Nusbaum ◽  
Cristina G. Wilson ◽  
Anthony Stenson ◽  
John M. Hinson ◽  
Paul Whitney
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Flexibility ◽  
Reversal Learning ◽  
Task Switching ◽  
Mood Induction ◽  
Mood State ◽  
Negative Mood ◽  
Positive Mood ◽  
Learning Task ◽  
Mood States ◽  
Mood Group

Positive mood often facilitates cognitive functions. Facilitation is hypothesized to be due to an increase in dopamine occurring in positive mood states. However, facilitation has not been consistently found in studies of cognitive flexibility. This inconsistent relationship may reflect the numerous ways cognitive flexibility is measured. Moreover, there is evidence that the role of dopamine in cognitive flexibility performance depends on the type of measure used. In the current study, we employed a probabilistic two-card reversal learning task (n = 129) and a Stroop-like task switching procedure (n = 188) in a college student population. We used a standardized set of mood videos to induce a positive, negative, or neutral mood state. Negative mood states were included to account for possible effects of arousal on performance, which is seen in both positive and negative mood inductions. Based on current theories of positive mood and cognition, we hypothesized that there would be differences in the effects of a positive mood induction on cognitive flexibility as assessed by task switching and reversal learning tasks. The mood induction successfully induced high levels of amusement and increased valence in the positive mood group and high levels of repulsion and decreased valence in the negative mood group. However, there were no differences in cognitive flexibility across any of the mood groups, as assessed by switch costs in task switching and correct choices after the reversal in reversal learning. Overall, these findings do not support the hypothesis that positive mood improves cognitive flexibility.

The Effect of Mood on Performance in a Nonnormal Situation

2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Morteza Tehrani ◽  
Brett R. C. Molesworth
Keyword(s):  
Negative Mood ◽  
Positive Mood ◽  
Safety Critical ◽  
Induced Mood ◽  
Mood Congruence

Abstract. The effect of mood on performance in everyday situations is widely studied and the results commonly reveal a mood-congruence relationship. However, little is known about the effect of mood on performance in nonnormal situations such as those experienced during an unscheduled event. This study investigated whether induced mood (positive or negative) influenced performance during an unscheduled aircraft evacuation. Forty-five participants (15 female), with an average age of 21.90 (SD = 3.96) years, were randomly exposed to either positive or negative mood facilitation. Following this, all participants watched the same preflight safety video, and then had to conduct an unscheduled evacuation following a simulated water ditching. Participants exposed to a positive mood manipulator were found to commit fewer errors during the evacuation exercise and completed the evacuation in less than half of the time taken by participants who were exposed to a negative mood manipulator. In safety-critical environments such as aviation, these results highlight the advantages of creating an atmosphere or environment that induces positive moods.

scholarly journals Folate status and mood: is there a relationship?

2008 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 118-123 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emma Williams ◽  
Barbara Stewart-Knox ◽  
Chris McConville ◽  
Ian Bradbury ◽  
Nicola C Armstrong ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mood State ◽  
Negative Mood ◽  
Positive Mood ◽  
Serum Folate ◽  
Positive And Negative Affect ◽  
Healthy Individuals ◽  
Folate Status ◽  
High Concentrations ◽  
The Relationship

AbstractObjectiveTo explore the relationship between subjective mood, folate status and homocysteine in healthy individuals.DesignSubjective mood assessments were completed twice daily over the course of one week using the Positive and Negative Affect Scale (PANAS). The PANAS is a validated scale which considers mood state on two distinct continua, one reflecting positive mood and the other negative mood, each requiring response to 10 adjectives on a Likert scale. A blood sample was taken on one occasion at the start of the week during which subjective mood was assessed and analysed for red-blood-cell (RBC) folate, serum folate and plasma homocysteine concentrations.SubjectsMale volunteers aged 19–47 years (n= 58) were recruited from local industries.ResultsHigh concentrations of RBC folate were associated with less variability (lower standard deviation) in negative mood (P= 0.023). Subjective mood, however, was not related to serum folate or homocysteine.ConclusionsThis study appears to be the first to uncover an association between long-term folate status and subjective mood (employing the PANAS) in healthy males. More research is needed to further explore the relationship between nutritional status and mood.

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