Predictors of self-reported negative mood following a depressive mood induction procedure across previously depressed, currently anxious, and control individuals

2014 ◽  
Vol 53 (3) ◽  
pp. 348-368 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martin C. Scherrer ◽  
Keith S. Dobson ◽  
Leanne Quigley
Keyword(s):  
Mood Induction ◽  
Negative Mood ◽  
Depressive Mood ◽  
Induction Procedure ◽  
And Control ◽  
Mood Induction Procedure

Modelling a loss event: effect of imagined bereavement on the hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal axis

2000 ◽  
Vol 30 (1) ◽  
pp. 219-223 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. M. McCLEERY ◽  
Z. BHAGWAGAR ◽  
K. A. SMITH ◽  
G. M. GOODWIN ◽  
P. J. COWEN
Keyword(s):  
Mood Induction ◽  
Negative Mood ◽  
Psychological State ◽  
Psychosocial Stressors ◽  
Cortisol Response ◽  
Induction Procedure ◽  
Loss Event ◽  
Laboratory Models ◽  
Pituitary Adrenal Axis ◽  
Mood Induction Procedure

Background. Loss events are the stressors most closely associated with the onset of depressive illnesses. The acute cortisol response to loss has been little studied although it could be an important mediator of the effects of environmental stress on psychological state.Methods. The salivary cortisol response to an established negative mood induction procedure involving music and an imagined bereavement was measured in 30 healthy volunteers.Results. Considerable but transient mood lowering in response to the negative mood induction was associated with a small increase in cortisol output over 30 min.Conclusions. This procedure has some potential as a tool to investigate individual differences in the neuroendocrine response to loss events, but this is limited. There remains a need for laboratory models of relevant psychosocial stressors in mood disorders research.

A Musical Mood Induction Alleviates Dysfunctional Attitudes in Needy and Self-Critical Individuals

2007 ◽  
Vol 21 (4) ◽  
pp. 295-309 ◽  
Author(s):  
Myriam Mongrain ◽  
John Trambakoulos
Keyword(s):  
Mood Induction ◽  
Mood State ◽  
Negative Mood ◽  
Positive Mood ◽  
Dysfunctional Attitudes ◽  
Dysfunctional Beliefs ◽  
Induction Procedure ◽  
Musical Mood Induction ◽  
Depressive Vulnerability ◽  
Mood Induction Procedure

The “mood-state hypothesis” (Miranda & Persons, 1988) suggests that dysfunctional beliefs are latent in individuals vulnerable to depression until activated by a negative mood. The purpose of the current study was twofold: (a) to validate a new musical mood induction procedure and (b) to test the cognitive reactivity (or changes in the endorsement of dysfunctional beliefs) in individuals hypothesized to be vulnerable to depression (Blatt, Zohar, Quinlan, Zuroff, & Mongrain, 1995). The mood induction procedure was found to be highly effective for both the positive and the negative conditions. Needy and self-critical participants reported increases in the endorsement of dysfunctional attitudes with the depressing music. With the elating music, needy and self-critical participants experiencing an increase in happiness reported lower levels of dysfunctional attitudes. The findings support state-trait models of depressive vulnerability (Zuroff, Blatt, Sanislow, & Bondi, 1999) and further illustrate how positive mood states can ameliorate the report of maladaptive thoughts.

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.

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