How mood turns on language

@article{citeulike:399176, abstract = {Four studies examined the hypothesis that positive mood induces a global processing style and gives rise to the use of more abstract linguistic expressions in the description of social events. In contrast, negative mood induces a detail-oriented analytic processing style, resulting in more concrete descriptions. This hypothesis received support in the case of describing autobiographical events (Studies 1 and 2) and a film scene (Studies 3 and 4), whereby mood was induced either by film clips, or a self-induced mood technique (Study 3). Moreover, Study 4 showed that these systematic differences in linguistic expression disappear when the source of mood is made salient to participants, in line with the affect-as-information (Schwarz \& Clore, 1983) and mood-and-general-knowledge approach (Bless, 2000). Implications for interpersonal communication are discussed.}, author = {Beukeboom, Camiel J. and Semin, Gun R. }, citeulike-article-id = {399176}, doi = {10.1016/j.jesp.2005.09.005}, journal = {Journal of Experimental Social Psychology}, keywords = {abstract, clt, concrete, construal-level, language, mood}, posted-at = {2005-11-17 17:36:30}, priority = {2}, title = {How mood turns on language}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jesp.2005.09.005}, volume = {In Press, Corrected Proof} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:399176 L3 - citeulike-article-id:399176 TI - How mood turns on language JF - Journal of Experimental Social Psychology VL - In Press, Corrected Proof N2 - Four studies examined the hypothesis that positive mood induces a global processing style and gives rise to the use of more abstract linguistic expressions in the description of social events. In contrast, negative mood induces a detail-oriented analytic processing style, resulting in more concrete descriptions. This hypothesis received support in the case of describing autobiographical events (Studies 1 and 2) and a film scene (Studies 3 and 4), whereby mood was induced either by film clips, or a self-induced mood technique (Study 3). Moreover, Study 4 showed that these systematic differences in linguistic expression disappear when the source of mood is made salient to participants, in line with the affect-as-information (Schwarz & Clore, 1983) and mood-and-general-knowledge approach (Bless, 2000). Implications for interpersonal communication are discussed. KW - abstract KW - clt KW - concrete KW - construal-level KW - language KW - mood AU - Beukeboom, Camiel AU - Semin, Gun UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jesp.2005.09.005 ER -