Happy mood decreases self‐focused attention

Green, Jeffrey; Sedikides, Constantine; Saltzberg, Judith A.; Wood, Joanne V.; Forzano, L.B.

doi:10.1348/014466603763276171

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“…3 (played by Hubert Laws) while retrieving a positive autobiographical memory. This procedure has been validated in previous mood research (Green, Sedikides, Saltzberg, Wood, & Forzano, 2003;Wood, Saltzberg, & Goldsamt, 1990).…”

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Happy but still focused: failures to find evidence for a mood-induced widening of visual attention

Bruyneel

Steenbergen

Hommel

et al. 2012

Psychological Research

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In models of affect and cognition it is held that positive affect broadens the scope of attention.Consistent with this claim, previous research has indeed suggested that positive affect is associated with impaired selective attention as evidenced by increased interference of spatially distant distractors. However, several recent findings cast doubt on the reliability of this observation. In the present study we examined whether selective attention in a visual flanker task is influenced by positive mood induction. Across three experiments, positive affect consistently failed to exert any impact on selective attention. The implications of this null-finding for theoretical models of affect and cognition are discussed.

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Happy but still focused: failures to find evidence for a mood-induced widening of visual attention

Bruyneel

Steenbergen

Hommel

et al. 2012

Psychological Research

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“…For example, variability in mood influences self-focused attention: Negative states such as sadness increase self-focused attention, whereas positive states such as happiness decrease it (Green, Sedikides, Saltzberg, Wood, & Forzano, 2003;Sedikides, 1992a).…”

Section: Affect and The Selfmentioning

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I feel good, therefore I am real: Testing the causal influence of mood on state authenticity

Lenton

Slabu

Sedikides

et al. 2013

Cognition & Emotion

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This manuscript has been accepted for publication at Cognition and Emotion. It has yet to go through editorial proofing and, as such, we ask that you do not quote text. The article may be cited however. RUNNING HEAD: Mood and State Authenticity 2 AbstractAlthough the literature has focused on individual differences in authenticity, recent findings suggest that authenticity is sensitive to context; that is, it is also a state. We extended this perspective by examining whether incidental affect influences authenticity. In three experiments, participants felt more authentic when in a relatively positive than negative mood. The causal role of affect in authenticity was consistent across a diverse set of mood inductions, including explicit (Experiments 1 and 3) and implicit (Experiment 2) methods.The link between incidental affect and state authenticity was not moderated by ability to down-regulate negative affect (Experiments 1 and 3) nor was it explained by negative mood increasing private self-consciousness or decreasing access to the self system (Experiment 3).The results indicate that mood is used as information to assess one's sense of authenticity.Keywords: authenticity, self, mood, personality systems interaction theory, affect infusion model, mood as information. Testing the Causal Influence of Mood on State AuthenticityAuthenticity-the sense or belief that one is 'real' or 'true'-is a central construct in the field of positive psychology (Gable & Haidt, 2005;Seligman & Csikszentmihalyi, 2000), as it is thought to confer a variety of psychological benefits (Rogers, 1961;Wood, Linley, Maltby, Baliousis, & Joseph, 2008). Indeed, authentic individuals possess greater self-esteem and positive affect, lesser negative affect (Goldman & Kernis, 2002;Ito & Kodama, 2007; Stephan, , and higher subjective well-being and lower stress (Wood et al., 2008). Clearly, authenticity is associated with a positive affect profile (Lenton, Bruder, Slabu, & Sedikides, 2012).The vast majority of published work views authenticity from a trait perspective. That is, authenticity is typically conceptualized as a stable individual difference, such that some persons are consistently more authentic than others (Goldman & Kernis, 2002;Ito & Kodama, 2005;Kernis & Goldman, 2006;Wood et al., 2008). Supporting this view, variability in dispositional authenticity is in part predicted by variability in the Big Five (especially extraversion, agreeableness, and [inversely] neuroticism; Wood et al., 2008). As a consequence of the dispositional perspective's dominance in the literature, the relation between affect and authenticity has been investigated from a correlational perspective only, with these correlations typically interpreted so that affect is viewed as an outcome of, rather than as input to, authenticity.The aim of the present research was to test directly the converse proposition: that affect can be an input to authenticity. In particular, across three experiments, we investigated the influence of incidental affect or mood 1 on the se...

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“…Previous research states that the effect of emotional induction lasts for approximately 5-15 minutes (Bouhuys, Bloem and Groothuis 1995;Västfjäll 2002;Green et al 2003). This feature has been taken into account in the present study, as a repeated measures design was employed.…”

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“…12 in F minor and No. 11 in G flat, as used in previous studies (Green et al 2003;Wood, Saltzberg and Goldsamt 1990). The happy music was combined with coloured pictures containing images of weddings, running horses, smiling children and puppies.…”

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Are happy drivers safer drivers? Evidence from hazard response times and eye tracking data

Zimasa

Jamson

Henson

2017

Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviou

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HighlightsWhen in a sad mood, drivers response to hazards is slowed.Visual search patterns were also negatively affected.Being in a happy mood, however, is not necessarily more safe.Hazard perception is influenced by mood and arousal. AbstractPrevious research shows that negative emotions have a detrimental effect on cognitive processes in general and on driving safety in particular. However to date, there has been no empirical investigation of the impact that positive emotions might have on driving safety. This research examined the influence of mood on driving safety using hazard perception videos an P mood was manipulated (Sad, Neutral, Happy) after which they had to observe videos containing a number of potential hazards.Hazard response times and eye fixations were measured. The Sad mood affected drivers the most, with the longest response times and fixation durations. The effects of the Happy mood were less clear, suggesting that apart from emotional valence, emotional arousal should be considered. In addition, hazard response times differed as a function of hazard onset (i.e. unexpected or developing hazard) and type of hazard (i.e. human, car). The results are interpreted in terms of theories of positive emotions and psychological arousal.

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Happy mood decreases self‐focused attention

Cited by 48 publications

References 41 publications

Happy but still focused: failures to find evidence for a mood-induced widening of visual attention

Happy but still focused: failures to find evidence for a mood-induced widening of visual attention

I feel good, therefore I am real: Testing the causal influence of mood on state authenticity

Are happy drivers safer drivers? Evidence from hazard response times and eye tracking data

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