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Mood-induced self-focused attention.

P Salovey1

  • 1Department of Psychology, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520.

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
|April 1, 1992
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Experiencing any mood, positive or negative, increases self-focused attention. This finding supports a model where emotions first direct our attention inward toward the self.

Area of Science:

  • Psychology
  • Cognitive Science
  • Affective Science

Background:

  • Mood states significantly impact cognitive processes.
  • Understanding the relationship between affect and attention is crucial for psychological models.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate how induced mood states influence self-focused attention.
  • To test the hypothesis that both pleasant and unpleasant moods increase self-focus.

Main Methods:

  • Two laboratory experiments were conducted.
  • Moods were induced, and self-focused attention was measured using a sentence completion task and a self-complexity index.

Main Results:

  • Both experiments confirmed the hypothesis.

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  • Self-focused attention was significantly increased by induced mood states, regardless of valence.

    • Conclusions:

    • Affective arousal, whether positive or negative, leads to increased self-focused attention.
    • This supports affect-action sequence models where initial emotional responses involve inward attentional shifts.