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Retrieving positive memories to regulate negative mood: Consequences for mood-congruent memory.

Rusting, Cheryl L., DeHart, Tracy·2000·Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Abstract

Several researchers have suggested that mood-incongruency effects are due to a mood-regulatory process in which people retrieve positive memories to repair negative moods. The present studies tested this idea by manipulating mood-repair strategies and examining their impact on positive and negative memory retrieval. Mood-congruent retrieval occurred when participants stayed focused on events associated with their negative mood; mood-incongruent retrieval occurred when participants engaged in positive reappraisal (when they reinterpreted events as having positive outcomes). The effects of these strategies on memory retrieval also interacted with personality traits related to negative mood regulation. Individuals high in such traits showed stronger mood-incongruent memory than did individuals low in negative mood-regulation traits. Discussion focuses on integrating mood-regulatory variables and personality variables into existing mood-congruency theories (e.g., associative network models).

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Authors
Rusting, C. L., & DeHart, T.
Affiliations
University at Buffalo, State University of New York (US)
Venue
Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
Published
2000
Volume
78
Issue
4
Pages
737-752
ISSN
  • 0022-3514 (ISSN-L)
  • 1939-1315
OpenAlex
W2088613099
Cited by
315
References
40
Citations by year
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FWCI
1.73
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Journal of Personality and Social Psychology (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
National Institute of Mental Health (R03 MH5904-01)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Memory Processes and Influences
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Identity, Memory, and Therapy
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
Keywords
mood-congruent memory, mood regulation, negative mood, positive reappraisal, personality traits, negative mood regulation
MeSH terms
Adult, Affect, Female, Humans, Individuality, Male, Memory, Models, Psychological, Negativism, Personality, Self Efficacy

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