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Chung, Andrew; Busseri, Michael A.; Arnell, Karen M. – Cognitive Research: Principles and Implications, 2022
Several studies have investigated the effect of induced mood state on conceptual breadth (breadth and flexibility of thought). Early studies concluded that inducing a positive mood state broadened cognition, while inducing a negative mood state narrowed cognition. However, recent reports have suggested that valence and arousal can each influence…
Descriptors: Individual Differences, Psychological Patterns, Psychological Characteristics, Affective Behavior
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Miller, Jonas G.; Kahle, Sarah; Lopez, Monica; Hastings, Paul D. – Developmental Psychology, 2015
The links among mothers' compassionate love for their child, autonomic nervous system activity, and parenting behavior during less and more challenging mother-child interactions were examined. Mothers expressed and reported less negative affect when they exhibited autonomic patterns of increased parasympathetic dominance (high parasympathetic…
Descriptors: Mothers, Affective Behavior, Parent Child Relationship, Neurology
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Webb, Thomas E.; Van Devere, Chris A. – Journal of Alcohol and Drug Education, 1984
Surveyed 398 adolescents who reported using drugs or alcohol to examine whether drug involvement and perceived positive affective impact were related to high levels of arousal. Results indicated a relationship between impetuosity and perceptions of relaxation and accentuated motivation in extended drug users. (JAC)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Affective Behavior, Arousal Patterns, Drug Abuse
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Shurman, Lauren A.; Rodriguez, Christina M. – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2006
A model of women's readiness to terminate an abusive relationship was examined, using cognitive and emotional factors to predict readiness to change as conceptualized in the transtheoretical model. Factors previously identified in the domestic violence literature were selected to represent cognitive predictors (attribution and attachment style)…
Descriptors: Predictor Variables, Females, Family Violence, Models