Relative effectiveness and validity of mood induction procedures: a meta-analysis Export

@article{westermann96, abstract = {The effectiveness and validity of 11 important mood induction procedures (MIPs) were comparatively evaluated by meta-analytical procedures. Two hundred and fifty effects of the experimental induction of positive, elated and negative, depressed mood in adult, non-clinical samples were integrated. Effect sizes were generally larger for negative than for positive mood inductions. The presentation of a film or story turned out to be most effective in inducing both positive and negative mood states. The effects are especially large when subjects are explicitly instructed to enter the specified mood state. For elated mood, all other MIPs yielded considerably lower effectiveness scores. For the induction of negative mood states, Imagination, Velten, Music, Social Interaction and Feedback MIPs were about as effective as the Film/Story MIP without instruction. Induction effects covaried with several study characteristics. Effects tend to be smaller when demand characteristics are controlled or subjects are not informed about the purpose of the experiment. For behavioural measures, effects are smaller than for self-reports but still larger than zero. Hence, the effects of MIPs can be partly, but not fully due to demand effects.}, address = {Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-Universit\"{a}t Greifswald, Germany; Georg-August-Universit\"{a}t G\"{o}ttingen, Germany; Universit\"{a}t Bayreuth, Germany; Deutsches Institut f\"{u}r Fernstudienforschung an der Universit\"{a}t T\"{u}bingen, Germany}, author = {Westermann, Rainer and Spies, Kordelia and Stahl, G\"{u}nter and Hesse, Friedrich W.}, citeulike-article-id = {2307614}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/(SICI)1099-0992(199607)26:4%3C557::AID-EJSP769%3E3.0.CO;2-4}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/abstract/16873/ABSTRACT}, doi = {10.1002/(SICI)1099-0992(199607)26:4%3C557::AID-EJSP769%3E3.0.CO;2-4}, journal = {European Journal of Social Psychology}, keywords = {emotion, psychology}, number = {4}, pages = {557--580}, posted-at = {2009-04-11 13:39:30}, priority = {2}, title = {Relative effectiveness and validity of mood induction procedures: a meta-analysis}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/(SICI)1099-0992(199607)26:4%3C557::AID-EJSP769%3E3.0.CO;2-4}, volume = {26}, year = {1996} }

TY - JOUR ID - westermann96 L3 - citeulike-article-id:2307614 N2 - The effectiveness and validity of 11 important mood induction procedures (MIPs) were comparatively evaluated by meta-analytical procedures. Two hundred and fifty effects of the experimental induction of positive, elated and negative, depressed mood in adult, non-clinical samples were integrated. Effect sizes were generally larger for negative than for positive mood inductions. The presentation of a film or story turned out to be most effective in inducing both positive and negative mood states. The effects are especially large when subjects are explicitly instructed to enter the specified mood state. For elated mood, all other MIPs yielded considerably lower effectiveness scores. For the induction of negative mood states, Imagination, Velten, Music, Social Interaction and Feedback MIPs were about as effective as the Film/Story MIP without instruction. Induction effects covaried with several study characteristics. Effects tend to be smaller when demand characteristics are controlled or subjects are not informed about the purpose of the experiment. For behavioural measures, effects are smaller than for self-reports but still larger than zero. Hence, the effects of MIPs can be partly, but not fully due to demand effects. IS - 4 JF - European Journal of Social Psychology AD - Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-Universität Greifswald, Germany; Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Germany; Universität Bayreuth, Germany; Deutsches Institut für Fernstudienforschung an der Universität Tübingen, Germany EP - 580 TI - Relative effectiveness and validity of mood induction procedures: a meta-analysis VL - 26 SP - 557 KW - emotion KW - psychology AU - Westermann, Rainer AU - Spies, Kordelia AU - Stahl, Günter AU - Hesse, Friedrich PY - 1996/// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/(SICI)1099-0992(199607)26:4%3C557::AID-EJSP769%3E3.0.CO;2-4 ER -