Predicting responsiveness to a depressive mood induction procedure

2009 ◽  
Vol 65 (1) ◽  
pp. 20-35 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martin C. Scherrer ◽  
Keith S. Dobson
Keyword(s):  
Mood Induction ◽  
Depressive Mood ◽  
Induction Procedure ◽  
Mood Induction Procedure

Effects of Depressed Mood Induction on Reasoning Performance

1988 ◽  
Vol 66 (3) ◽  
pp. 855-860 ◽  
Author(s):  
Russell A. Radenhausen ◽  
James M. Anker
Keyword(s):  
Depressed Mood ◽  
Mood Induction ◽  
Neutral Stimulus ◽  
Induction Procedure ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Perceptual Performance ◽  
Performance Results ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Perceptual Measure ◽  
Mood Induction Procedure

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.

Rational-irrational beliefs and the effects of the Velten Mood Induction Procedure

1986 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 461-467 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas F. Cash ◽  
David C. Rimm ◽  
Robert MacKinnon
Keyword(s):  
Irrational Beliefs ◽  
Mood Induction ◽  
Induction Procedure ◽  
Mood Induction Procedure

scholarly journals Emotional Differences in Young and Older Adults: Films as Mood Induction Procedure

2018 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Luz Fernández-Aguilar ◽  
Jorge Ricarte ◽  
Laura Ros ◽  
Jose M. Latorre
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Mood Induction ◽  
Induction Procedure ◽  
Mood Induction Procedure

scholarly journals Depressed mood enhances anxiety to unpredictable threat

2011 ◽  
Vol 42 (7) ◽  
pp. 1397-1407 ◽  
Author(s):  
O. J. Robinson ◽  
C. Overstreet ◽  
A. Letkiewicz ◽  
C. Grillon
Keyword(s):  
Startle Response ◽  
Mood Induction ◽  
Depression And Anxiety ◽  
Induction Procedure ◽  
Long Duration ◽  
Co Morbidity ◽  
Sad Mood ◽  
Fear Potentiated Startle ◽  
Threat Of Shock ◽  
Mood Induction Procedure

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.

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