Web-based mood inductionThis article is based on the first author's doctoral dissertation at the University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, Nürnberg, Bavaria, Germany, 2002.

Authors: Göritz, Anja; Moser, Klaus

Source: Cognition and Emotion, Volume 20, Number 6, September 2006 , pp. 887-896(10)

Publisher: Psychology Press, part of the Taylor & Francis Group

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Abstract:

This article introduces the methodology of Web-based mood induction and it presents empirical evidence for its feasibility. The Velten procedure, autobiographical recall, and mood-suggestive photographs were tested for their effectiveness in evoking either a positive or a negative mood when compared to an untreated control group. The Velten technique and the photographs successfully deteriorated mood, but were unsuccessful in generating a positive mood. Autobiographical recall failed to induce either positive or negative mood. The effectiveness of these on-line techniques is compared with the effectiveness of similar off-line mood induction procedures.

Document Type: Research article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02699930500405386

Affiliations: 1: University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany

Publication date: 2006-09-01

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