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All participants (i.e., Americans and Chinese) were randomly assigned to either a positive or negative mood condition and were asked to read either a greeting card ad (Study 1) or a household printer ad (Study 2) that contained either experiential or functional verbal claims. The results showed that people from different cultural backgrounds and in different mood states had different ad preferences. There were main effects of culture as well as main effects of ad congruity on persuasion outcomes. However, the three-way interaction of mood, culture and message appeals on persuasion outcomes was not significant. Theoretical and practical implications are discussed in regard to how American and Chinese consumers in different mood states process different types of ad message appeal.","abstract_html":"This paper examines the interactive effects of mood, culture and message appeal (i.e., congruity/incongruity between ad appeals and product types). 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