Summary: This study examined the associations between Positive Affectivity (PA), Negative Affectivity (NA) and cardiovascular activation. 145 female and male white collar workers were tested during 24 hours of a real working day by means of a computerized ...
The Leipzig Mood Questionnaire: Test Construction, Psychometric Quality and Influence of Age, Gender and Socioeconomic Status on MoodSummary: A questionnaire was developed which comprises five mood dimensions (happiness, activity, irritability, ...
Summary: The traditional intelligence component “processing capacity” predicts complex problem-solving. We investigate whether a component of perceived emotional intelligence, namely, repair of negative emotions, can increase prediction. N = 92 students (...
Structural models of mood: Review, overview, and outlookAbstract. Structural models of mood are reviewed. First, global models are compared which describe mood by means of a few bipolar dimensions. At this level, a three-dimensional model is proposed ...
Informational mood impact and mental effort: Theory and findings on cardiovascular reactivityAbstract. The predictions of the mood-behavior-model (Gendolla, 2000) about mood effects on effort mobilization during mental demand are presented and the ...
Emotions and office work with computers: A test of ‘affective events’ theoryAbstract. The affective events theory of Weiss and Cropanzano (1996) predicts that specific features of working conditions (e.g., autonomy, work load) have an impact on the ...
The effectivity of relaxation procedures with restless and disruptive child behaviorAbstract. During relaxation trainings in groups of children it is often observed that some of the children have difficulties to concentrate on relaxation, but instead, ...
Tiny Steps Toward Smartphone-Based Exercise Interventions in Everyday Life? Pilot Testing the Effects of an Exercise Intervention on Depressed People’s MoodAbstract. Technological progress offers the chance to incorporate ...
The current mood of patients: How relevant is it during therapy?Abstract.Background: According to the mood mediation model of Robinson the current mood of a person has both retrospective and prospective functions in processing actual life events. The ...
Changes in interpersonal problems during psychotherapy for social phobie. The role of psychotherapy processAbstract.Background: The dual model of psychotherapy by Schulte (1996) posits that interactional difficulties hinder the therapeutic process. ...
Zusammenfassung.Theoretischer Hintergrund: Persistierendes Grübeln über Ursachen und Konsequenzen negativen Erlebens – Rumination – ist ein nachgewiesener Prädiktor für den Beginn und einen ungünstigen Verlauf depressiver Störungen. Erste experimentelle ...