dc.contributor.author | Dunn, BD | |
dc.contributor.author | Burr, L | |
dc.contributor.author | Bunker-Smith, H | |
dc.contributor.author | Hunt, A | |
dc.contributor.author | Dadgostar, D | |
dc.contributor.author | Dalglish, L | |
dc.contributor.author | Smith, S | |
dc.contributor.author | Attree, E | |
dc.contributor.author | Jell, G | |
dc.contributor.author | Martyn, J | |
dc.contributor.author | Boss, N | |
dc.contributor.author | Werner-Seidler, A | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2018-05-04T08:49:00Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2018-05-25 | |
dc.description.abstract | Two studies examined whether use of dampening appraisals (e.g., thinking “this is too good to last”) or amplifying appraisals (e.g., thinking “I deserve this”) modulated affective experience when remembering (Study One) and anticipating (Study Two) positive events. Both studies used a mixed within-between participants design, with participants completing an uninstructed positive recall/anticipation task before being randomized to either control, dampening, or amplifying instructions during a second positive recall/anticipation task. During memory recall (Study One), instructed dampening increased dampening appraisals and led to a reduction in happiness and pleasantness and an increase in sadness, significantly differing from the control and amplifying conditions. While the amplifying condition significantly increased amplifying appraisals, it did not alter affective experience (relative to the control condition). During anticipation (Study Two), identical findings emerged for the dampening manipulation. The amplifying manipulation did not significantly increase amplifying appraisals, precluding conclusions being drawn about the impact of amplifying in this study. These results suggest that dampening appraisals contribute to altered affective experience when imagining and recalling positive activities and may account for why attempts to do so can have paradoxically negative effects in clinical populations. Moreover, the studies preliminarily validate a novel scale measuring state appraisal of positive experiences. | en_GB |
dc.description.sponsorship | The authors declare no conflict of interest. The authors received no funding from an external source. Barnaby Dunn conceived of the original idea for the studies, co-designed the studies, supervised data collection, co-analysed the data, and wrote the manuscript. Leigh Anne Burr and Harrie Bunker-Smith co-designed Study One, collected data for Study One, co-analysed the data and assisted with writing the manuscript. Daniel Dadgostar and Anna Hunt co-designed and collected data for Study One. Lucy Dalglish, Sophie Smith, Ellie Attree co-designed and collected data for Study Two. Nikita Bos co-analysed and collected data for Study Two and co-wrote the manuscript. Grace Jell co-supervised Study Two and commented on the manuscript. James Martyn designed the study and collected data used in the validation of the state RPA in the Supplementary Materials. Aliza Werner-Seidler co-conceived of the original idea for the studies and provided comments on the manuscript. Thanks to Sophie Dunn for proofreading this manuscript. | en_GB |
dc.identifier.citation | Vol. 107 pp. 19-33. | en_GB |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1016/j.brat.2018.05.003 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10871/32718 | |
dc.language.iso | en | en_GB |
dc.publisher | Elsevier | en_GB |
dc.rights.embargoreason | Under embargo until 25 May 2020 in compliance with publisher policy. | en_GB |
dc.rights | Crown Copyright © 2018 Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. | |
dc.subject | Positive appraisal style | en_GB |
dc.subject | positive affect | en_GB |
dc.subject | autobiographical memory | en_GB |
dc.subject | anticipatory processing | en_GB |
dc.subject | dampening appraisals | en_GB |
dc.subject | amplifying appraisals | en_GB |
dc.subject | emotion regulation | en_GB |
dc.subject | anhedonia | en_GB |
dc.title | Turning gold into lead: Dampening appraisals reduce happiness and pleasantness and increase sadness during anticipation and recall of pleasant activities in the laboratory | en_GB |
dc.type | Article | en_GB |
dc.description | This is the author accepted manuscript. The final version is available from Elsevier via the DOI in this record. | en_GB |
dc.identifier.journal | Behaviour Research and Therapy | en_GB |