The impact of negative moods on self-enhancing cognitions
The role of reflective versus ruminative mood orientations
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6201112 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Cathy Mcfarland (Simon Fraser University), Roger Buehler (Wilfrid Laurier University), Rebecca Von Rüti (Simon Fraser University), Lewis Nguyen (Simon Fraser University), Celeste Alvaro (Dalhousie University) |
| Year | 2007 |
| Volume | 93 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 728-750 |
| Publication date | 2007-11-01 |
| 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 | 10.1037/0022-3514.93.5.728 |
| PMID | 17983297 |
| OpenAlex | W2045273568 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
| References cited | 79 |
This research program examined how self-focused attention to feelings affects the relation between mood negativity and self-enhancing thought. The primary hypothesis was that the particular manner in which people focus on their moods (reflective vs. ruminative) determines whether they reveal positive (i.e., mood-incongruent) or negative (i.e., mood-congruent) self-relevant thoughts in response to negative moods. Studies 1-4 revealed that social comparisons, temporal comparisons, and other self-enhancing cognitions (i.e., attributions, disidentification, relationship evaluations) are more likely to be mood incongruent when people adopt a reflective orientation to their negative feelings and more likely to be mood congruent when they adopt a ruminative orientation. Additionally, moods and mood orientations affected self-enhancing thoughts through the mediating influence of mood regulation goals and intentions (Studies 5 and 6)
Attribution · Cognition · Developmental psychology · Feeling · Mood · Negative mood · Negativity effect · Orientation (vector space) · Rumination · Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes · Optimism, Hope, and Well-being · Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction · Psychology · Social Psychology
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| Citations per year | 0,47 |
| Citation span | 2011 - 2026 (16) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |