Retrieving positive memories to regulate negative mood
Consequences for mood-congruent memory
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6197879 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Cheryl L Rusting (University at Buffalo, State University of New York), Tracy Dehart (0000-0002-5030-8834) |
| Year | 2000 |
| Volume | 78 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 737-752 |
| Publication date | 2000-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Personality and Social Psychology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-3514 • E-ISSN: 1939-1315 |
| Publisher | American Psychological Association (APA) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1037//0022-3514.78.4.737 |
| PMID | 10794377 |
| OpenAlex | W4241544031 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 71 |
| References cited | 18 |
Several researchers have suggested that mood-incongruency effects are due to a mood-regulatory process in which people retrieve positive memories to repair negative moods. The present studies tested this idea by manipulating mood-repair strategies and examining their impact on positive and negative memory retrieval. Mood-congruent retrieval occurred when participants stayed focused on events associated with their negative mood; mood-incongruent retrieval occurred when participants engaged in positive reappraisal (when they reinterpreted events as having positive outcomes). The effects of these strategies on memory retrieval also interacted with personality traits related to negative mood regulation. Individuals high in such traits showed stronger mood-incongruent memory than did individuals low in negative mood-regulation traits. Discussion focuses on integrating mood-regulatory variables and personality variables into existing mood-congruency theories (e.g., associative network models)
Affect (linguistics · Cognitive psychology · Developmental psychology · Mood · Negative mood · Personality · Communication · Identity, Memory, and Therapy · Memory and Neural Mechanisms · Memory Processes and Influences · Psychology · Social Psychology
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