Emotion Context Insensitivity, Depression Symptoms, and the Disclosure of Sadness

“where Words Fail, Music Speaks”: Emotion Regulation Strategies Using Music When Experiencing Sadness

“…Previous studies have suggested that using a sad film clip would successfully induce sadness in participants (e.g., Kahn et al, 2017Kahn et al, , 2019. These findings were supported in this study as well, by using the clip from the ending to the movie Marley & Me.…”

“…Initially, I expected that participants in each of the five experimental conditions would have similar preferences for how they use music for emotion regulation based on their scores on the Brief Music in Mood Regulation Scale (Saarikallio, 2008). I also hypothesized that using a sad movie clip would successfully induce sadness in the participants (e.g., Kahn, Cox, Bakker, O'Loughlin, & Kotlarczyk, 2017;Kahn et al, 2019). Since some participants may have selected music that enhanced their sadness, maintained their sadness, or provided relief, it was not clear how each of the emotion regulation strategies would impact participant sadness after listening to music.…”

“…The film switches between the dog's euthanization and the father's son who is watching an old home video of the family with their dog. This same clip has been used in previous research to successfully induce sadness (Kahn et al, 2017(Kahn et al, , 2019, for example).…”