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The role of activity level and cognition in depressed mood in a university sample
Author(s) -
Dobson Keith S.,
Joffe Risha
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
journal of clinical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.124
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1097-4679
pISSN - 0021-9762
DOI - 10.1002/1097-4679(198603)42:2<264::aid-jclp2270420207>3.0.co;2-e
Subject(s) - psychology , mood , cognition , pleasure , event (particle physics) , depression (economics) , affect (linguistics) , developmental psychology , clinical psychology , event related potential , psychiatry , psychotherapist , communication , physics , quantum mechanics , economics , macroeconomics
This study examined the role of activity level and cognition on mood by contrasting a monitor only ( N = 22), increase pleasant events ( N = 20), and increase pleasant events plus focusing on event pleasantness ( N = 23) groups over a 2‐week period. The results show that subjects who were instructed to increase their number of pleasant events did so and obtained more pleasure as a result. The group which increased pleasant events and focused on event pleasantness also showed a significant decrease in level of depression. The results are interpreted to support the role of monitoring and pleasant events on mood, but the potential necessity for cognitive change to create “antidepressant” effects.