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Does affect induce self-focused attention?

Joanne V. Wood · Judith A. Saltzberg · Lloyd A. Goldsamt

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Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes Emotions and Moral Behavior Mind wandering and attention

Abstract

Despite growing evidence that depression is linked with self-focused attention, little is known about how depressed individuals become self-focused or, more generally, about what arouses self-focus in everyday life. Two experiments examined the hypothesis that affect itself induces self-focused attention. In Experiment 1, moods were manipulated with an imagination mood-induction procedure. Sad-induction Ss became higher in self-focus than did neutral-induction Ss. Experiment 2 replicated this effect for sad moods by means of a musical mood-induction procedure and different measures of self-focus. However, Experiment 2 failed to support the hypothesis that happy moods induce self-focus. The results have implications for mood-induction research, self-focused attention, and recent models of depression.

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