"Mood induction" refers to the process of intentionally influencing or changing someone's emotions or feelings.
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One unexpected but critical finding of the current study is that
mood induction techniques do not affect everyone in the same way.
Positive mood induction significantly improved depression, mood and attitudes towards interpersonal relationships irrespective of cognitive and emotional processing deficits.
A within - subject experimental design was employed so that all mothers participated in both a positive and a
negative mood induction.
«The testing included
sad mood induction, which measured the ability to be resilient against sad events.
These results show the potential of incorporating positive
mood induction within therapeutic programs such as IPT and suggest that IPT could be a worthwhile therapy to use within this patient group.
Preschoolers» psychophysiological responses to
mood induction tasks moderate the intergenerational transmission of internalizing problems.
Anomalous functional brain activation following
negative mood induction in children with pre-school onset major depression
This study investigated the potential of using Interpersonal Therapy (IPT), by examining the limitations of PSD patients in their ability to take advantage of
positive mood induction to increase mood and enhance interpersonal attitudes.
In order to ensure no lasting effects of negative
mood induction, we had participants watch a video clip that elicited positive affect.
Observations of mother - son interactions were conducted immediately following
the mood inductions.