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Showing 1 to 20 of 93 for “"mood states"”.
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Assessing the effect of negative mood states on valence-dependent belief updating
… due to momentary fluctuations of acute affective states. Undergraduates (N=83) completed a belief updating task where they estimated the likelihood of a negative event happening to them, were presented with the actual likelihood of the event, and then re-estimated the likelihood of the event …
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Associations between mood states in high-risk infants and later neurodevelopmental outcomes
… developmental delays and non-handicapped) and "mood states" (fussy/skittish, calm, sunny, and too variable to rate) in a sample of 208 high-risk infants. It was based on the premise that predominantly negative or variable moods (i.e., "fussy/skittish" or "too variable to rate") among high-risk …
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Use of Emoticons for Assessing Emotion and Mood States in Web-Based Interventions
… sound means of assessing emotion and mood states that can be easily utilized in this forum. Utilizing cross-culturally and empirically supported models of emotion structure shown to be influential in the self-report data, the Positive Affect and Negative Affect factors, this study …
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The role of affective (mood) states in perceptions of quality, sacrifice and value
Three studies investigated the way that mood affects judgments of commercial products. Participants who felt either happy or sad as a result of watching a movie or writing about a personal event, evaluated products based on different combinations of brand name (favorable vs. unfavorable), specific …
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The effects of group music therapy on mood states and cohesiveness in adult oncology patients
… the efficacy of a music therapy protocol on mood states and levels of group cohesiveness in adult oncology patients. Eleven oncology patients in two groups (ages 30 to 84 years) took part in the study over a ten-week period of time (ten participants completed the study). During that period, …
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The effects of carbohydrate supplementation on mood states of bodybuilders consuming a low energy diet
… low carbohydrate diet may negatively affect mood states. Further research suggests that carbohydrate consumption can positively affect mood states. This study evaluated two main ideas: (1) does the consumption of a carbohydrate supplement affect mood states during weight training bouts and …
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Buffering the Associations Between Negative Mood States and the Incentive Salience of Alcohol: A Brief Mindfulness Induction
… mindfulness) the association between negative mood states (i.e., sadness and anxiety) and the incentive salience of alcohol (i.e., subjective alcohol craving and attentional bias for alcohol-related cues) among college student drinkers. Participants were 207 undergraduate students from a large, …
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The Influence of Job Satisfaction and Life Satisfaction on Immediate Mood States, Withdrawal Intentions, and Organizational Citizenship Behaviors
Affective states influence an individual's level of job satisfaction and life satisfaction. Affective states also influence behavior (e.g., withdrawal intentions and Organizational Citizenship Behaviors). The present study investigated the inverse relationship—that is, whether job and life …
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The Effectiveness of an Electronic-Mail Campaign to Modify Stress Levels, Mood States, and Coping Techniques Among Employed Adults
… a MANCOVA of post-intervention perceived mood states revealed a tendency for individuals in the treatment group to be less depressed, anxious, and angry than individuals in the control group [F (3, 92) = 2.44, p = .07]. Demographic variables did not influence the outcome variables and pre- …
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Exploring the effects of mood states, cultural background, and the congruity between ad appeal and product type on consumers’ attitudes and purchasing intentions
This paper examines the interactive effects of mood, culture and message appeal (i.e., congruity/incongruity between ad appeals and product types). Two online experiments were conducted with 438 participants from both U.S. and China. All participants (i.e., Americans and Chinese) were randomly …
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Examining the Influence of Affect on Workplace Motivation
… motivation and approach those tasks. Pleasant mood states have also been shown to influence behavioral motivation outcomes. Organizations have recognized the importance of managing and motivating employees in the workplace. In the current study, mood states were either manipulated in one of two …
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Mood and urgency effects on activation of alcohol cognitions
Mood states influence many aspects of human behavior, including decisions to drink alcohol. Alcohol-related cognitions have been shown to be activated by positive and negative mood states (Birch, Stewart, & Zack, 2006), and are important determinants of alcohol use (Goldman, Darkes, & Del Boca). …
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The Effect of Song-based Interventions on Psychosocial Factors for Adults in Rehabilitation and Their Caregivers
… The psychosocial factors in this study involve mood states, caregiving experiences, and dyadic relationships. The study also examined the correlation between care recipients and caregivers on mood states and the dyadic relationship. A quasi-experimental, two-group pretest-posttest design without …
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The relationship between psychosocial momentum, precipitating events, and tennis match outcome
… of this experiment is to determine whether mood states, anxiety, self-confidence, precipitating events, and psychological momentum play a role in tennis match outcome. The following hypotheses were proposed: (a) tennis match outcome may be influenced by individual's pre-competition cognitive …
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Emotional Intelligence in Diverse Populations: Theory to Intervention
… between Emotional Intelligence (EI) and mood states prior to performance, using two culturally diverse populations and using a mixed methodology. The objective was to explore whether there were cultural differences between the two samples thereafter exploring whether EI can be enhanced in …
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Why Do Employees Behave Badly? An Examination Of The Effects Of Mood, Personality, And Job Demands On Counterproductive Work Behavior
… aimed to integrate these two themes to test how mood, personality, and factors relating to one's job influence a person's propensity to engage in acts of CWB. This study contributes to the extant literature in several ways. First, this is one of only a handful of studies that examines the …
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Mood Disturbance During a Competitive Season of High Volume Training Between Different Training Regimens of Female Collegiate Swimmers
… in training volumes can increase negative mood states and decrease positive mood states. Psychological and physiological measures were examined using 61 Division I collegiate women during a competitive season. The swimmers were categorized into teams that swam high volumes and went through …
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Negative Mood Reduces Self-Referential Memory Effects in an Online Object Ownership Simulation
… on how the SRE may be modulated by transient mood states. The major aim of the present study is to determine whether the SRE may be modulated by transient mood states. We investigated whether an induced negative mood state alters memory for self-related objects using an online emotion …
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Demand-Withdraw in the Marital Context of Depression
… of individuals with a wide range of acute mood states, thus minimizing differences between depressed and non-depressed mood states. Consistent with cognitive vulnerability models of depression, depressed individuals’ dysfunctional behaviours may manifest only during negative mood states. …
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An exploration of the finding and seeking of meaning in the life and the Mexican-American nurse's mood state
… the seeking of meaning in life and the nurse's mood state. One hundred and four Mexican-American, women, registered nurses, from a metropolitan area with a resident population approaching one million, participated in the study. A mailed instrument was employed and participants were asked to …
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