Induction of mood and mood shift

Abstract
Compared two primary induction methods that have cognitive bases, Autobiographical Recollections and Structured Sets of Mood Statements, by assessing their effectiveness in inducing depression and elation moods, respectively. Eighty-three male and 123 female undergraduate college students were assigned randomly to 1 of 15 groups. Each person who participated in the experiment received a depression-related induction or a control followed by an elation-related induction or a control. The effects of each induction were measured by three independent variables: Two depression measures and one anxiety measure. Results generally confirmed hypotheses made by the E that Autobiographical Recollections was the superior method for inducing and altering depression and anxiety in a population that included both sexes.

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