Mood-as-input and depressive rumination

Trauma‐related rumination mediates the effect of naturally occurring depressive symptoms but not momentary low mood on trauma intrusions

“…The current finding adds further support for the well-established association between depression and rumination (Ehring & Watkins, 2008;Nolen-Hoeksema et al, 2008) in that people with higher depression symptom levels are more likely to employ brooding thinking following a negative event than individuals with lower levels of depression. On the other hand, and inconsistent with Hawksley and Davey (2010), temporary low mood was not related to ongoing rumination in the current sample. There are four possible explanations for this: (1) the smaller effect (d = 0.86 between the SAF and control groups) of mood induction than that achieved by Hawksley and Davey (2010) (d = 1.31); (2) because the effect of sad mood is only relevant when the contents of memory are personal depressive events rather fictional trauma stimuli;…”

“…On the other hand, and inconsistent with Hawksley and Davey (2010), temporary low mood was not related to ongoing rumination in the current sample. There are four possible explanations for this: (1) the smaller effect (d = 0.86 between the SAF and control groups) of mood induction than that achieved by Hawksley and Davey (2010) (d = 1.31); (2) because the effect of sad mood is only relevant when the contents of memory are personal depressive events rather fictional trauma stimuli;…”

“…Experimental methods of mood induction have been widely used to test a causal effect of emotions on cognitions (Eich, Ng, Macaulay, Percy, & Grebneva, 2007). Hawksley and Davey (2010) manipulated mood (negative or positive) and stop rule ('as many as can' or 'feel like continuing') in unselected participants. During a rumination interview, participants were asked to think back to and respond to questions regarding a past depressing experience.…”

An experimental investigation of the role of negative mood in worry: The role of appraisals that facilitate systematic information processing

“…Indeed, while the scope of this manuscript prevented a full review of mood, extended cognition and psychopathology, a number of studies have demonstrated that changes in mood can result in sustained rumination (e.g. Hawksley & Davey, 2010;Watkins & Mason, 2002). A pressing question for future research is why some individuals respond in different ways to negative mood states.…”

Context-dependent effect of mood: the regulatory role of personality

“…This result suggests that the relation between mood and the way of processing information (the general amount of processing, i.e., decision time and the amount of information processed, as well as selectivity of processing) may not be fixed and differ depending on the interaction of mood and the context of the task. This view seems to be correct in the light of recent research indicating the context-dependence of mood in perseverative worry and rumination (Hawksley & Davey, 2010), negotiating stance in bargaining (Carnevale, 2008), and creativity (Davis, 2009). It is also relevant to predecisional information processing which is similarly influenced by criteria for stopping information search (Browne & Pitts, 2004).…”