ABSTRACT

Objective: Two common mood induction procedures (MIPs) use autobiographical recall (AR) or video clips. The first relies upon internal generation of mood states whereas the second presents external information to elicit emotion. Often new video clips are created for each experiment. However, no study has examined the efficacy and specificity of a freely available video clip compared to AR for use in other studies.

Method: In the present experiment, participants watched either video clips or engaged in autobiographical recall to induce an emotional state. Participants were 53 University first year psychology students who took part for course credit.

Results: The anger video clip was more effective compared to AR at increasing the target emotion (anger) and decreasing the non-target emotions - happiness and serenity. Compared to baseline both the video and AR anger scores were higher than sadness scores.

Conclusion: The response to recalling personal events is more influenced by personality characteristics such as trait anger and neuroticism compared to the response to the video stimulus, which proved a cleaner stimulus. Implications for future research in both mood induction and media are discussed.

摘要

目的：两种常见的情绪诱导程序 (MIP) 使用自传回忆 (AR) 或视频剪辑。第一个依赖于情绪状态的内部生成，而第二个则提供外部信息以引发情绪。通常会为每个实验创建新的视频剪辑。然而，与用于其他研究的 AR 相比，没有研究检查免费提供的视频剪辑的功效和特异性。

方法：在本实验中，参与者观看视频片段或进行自传回忆以诱发情绪状态。参与者是参加课程学分的 53 名大学一年级心理学学生。

结果：与 AR 相比，愤怒视频剪辑在增加目标情绪（愤怒）和减少非目标情绪（幸福和宁静）方面更有效。与基线相比，视频和 AR 的愤怒得分均高于悲伤得分。

结论：与对视频刺激的反应相比，对回忆个人事件的反应更受人格特征（如特质愤怒和神经质）的影响，视频刺激被证明是一种更清晰的刺激。讨论了对情绪诱导和媒体未来研究的影响。