Memory accessibility, mood regulation, and dysphoria: Difficulties in repairing sad mood with happy memories?
Memory accessibility, mood regulation, and dysphoria: Difficulties in repairing sad mood with happy memories?
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DOI:
10.1037/0021-843x.113.2.179
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发表时间:
2004-05-01
影响因子:
4.6
通讯作者:
Siemer, M
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作者:
Joormann, J;Siemer, M
Recent studies have suggested that mood-incongruency effects are due to mood-regulatory processes, in which people retrieve positive memories to repair negative moods. In Study 1, the authors investigated whether dysphoria influences the accessibility of autobiographical memories following a positive or a negative mood induction combined with subsequent rumination or distraction. The results showed a mood-repair effect for nondysphoric but not for dysphoric participants following rumination. In Study 2, participants were asked to either distract themselves or to recall positive autobiographical memories after a negative mood induction. Whereas nondysphoric participants' mood improved under both conditions, dysphoric participants' mood improved only after distraction. These results suggest that dysphoria is associated with a reduced ability to use mood-incongruent recall to repair sad moods.