Enhancing positive-affect by autobiographical method in subjects balanced on positive and negative mood
Keywords:
Autobiographical Recall Method, Autobiographical Method, Subjective Mood Ratings, PANAS, Mood Induction MethodAbstract
A physiological, cognitive and expressive activity channelized through the autonomic nervous system of the body is called affect. For many decades, researchers have been trying to induce affect experimentally. In the present research study, positive mood enhancement was experimentally done with the help of the autobiographical recall method in the sample of 160 college-going students from the Delhi-NCR region, who were balanced on positive and negative affect based on their scores of positive and negative affect on the PANAS. The mean age of the research subjects was 22.28 years (SD=2.89). All the subjects were rated on subjective mood rate, pulse rate, and oxygen saturation before and after the autobiographical recall. The significance of the difference between means of pre and postcondition on all three measures was verified by paired sample t-test. The results indicated that the mood induction method was effective which enhanced positive affect and reduced pulse rate significantly after the autobiographical recall. The differences in oxygen saturation were not beyond chance. It was verified in persons having a balance of positive and negative mood for the last one week and all were given a session of deep-breathe relaxation before the experimental intervention.
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