Non-response to sad mood induction: implications for emotion research

• Published in: Cognition and emotion Vol. 32; no. 3; pp. 431 - 436
• Main Authors: Rottenberg, Jonathan, Kovacs, Maria, Yaroslavsky, Ilya
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Taylor & Francis Ltd 01.05.2018
• Subjects: Age of onset; Children; Cognition; Depressive personality disorders; Emotional disorders; Emotions; Humans; Induction; Laboratory research; Mental depression; Mood; Psychological Techniques - statistics & numerical data; Response rates; Sadness; Sadness - psychology; Self evaluation; Statistical analysis; Success; depression; adolescents; nonresponse; emotion reactivity; Sad mood induction

Experimental induction of sad mood states is a mainstay of laboratory research on affect and cognition, mood regulation, and mood disorders. Typically, the success of such mood manipulations is reported as a statistically significant pre- to post-induction change in the self-rated intensity of the t...