Mood state, task demand, and effort-related cardiovascular response
Titel:
Mood state, task demand, and effort-related cardiovascular response
Auteur:
Gendolla, Guido H. E. Krusken, Jan
Verschenen in:
Cognition & emotion
Paginering:
Jaargang 16 (2002) nr. 5 pagina's 577-603
Jaar:
2002-08-01
Inhoud:
Drawing on the mood-behaviour model (Gendolla, 2000), two studies investigated informational effects of mood on effort-related cardiovascular response. Experiment 1 manipulated mood state (positive, negative) and task difficulty (easy, difficult, extremely difficult). Effects on cardiovascular reactivity were as expected: On the easy level, reactivity was weak in a positive mood, but strong in a negative mood; on the difficult level, reactivity was strong in a positive mood, but weak in a negative mood; on the extremely difficulty level mood had no effect. Experiment 2 manipulated mood only. As predicted, subjective demand and cardiovascular response were both higher in a negative mood than in a positive mood and the mood effect on cardiovascular response diminished after statistically controlling for the demand appraisals. Neither study revealed any mood effects on cardiovascular response during the mood inductions.