The effectiveness of individual versus group induction of depressed mood

Author(s): Thompson, J. C., Flanagan, C.

Journal/Book: J Psychol. 1999; 133: 1319 Eighteenth St NW, Washington, DC 20036-1802, USA. Heldref Publications. 245-252.

Abstract: This study is an investigation of the effectiveness of an individually administered mood induction procedure compared with an equivalent procedure administered to a group. Seventy-nine nondepressed individuals (25 men, 54 women) were randomly assigned to either a depressive or a neutral mood induction in an individual or a group setting. In each procedure, the mood induction involved the Velten self-statement procedure (E. Velten, 1968) enhanced by related mood music. Overall, both the individual and group induction procedures were effective in producing a depressed mood state, and their effectiveness was unrelated to social desirability or the sex of the participant. However, the group procedure was more vulnerable to individual differences in response, and its use in research on depression requires stringent criteria for mood change.

Note: Article Bates GW, Swinburne Univ Technol, Sch Social & Behav Sci, POB 218, Hawthorn, Vic 3122, AUSTRALIA

Keyword(s): MEMORY

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