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No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. Background: Retrieval of opposite mood autobiographical memories serves emotion regulation, yet the factors influencing this ability are poorly understood.
Methods : Three studies examined the effect of mood valence sad vs. Results : Following both sad and happy film clips, participants who received emotionally engaging instructions exhibited a greater recall latency of the first opposite mood memory, and had generated less such memories than those receiving emotionally disengaging instructions Studies 1 and 2. A happy mood induction resulted in recollection of fewer mood incongruent memories compared to a sad mood induction.
Providing emotionally engaging instructions was found to specifically hinder mood incongruent retrieval, without impairing mood congruent retrieval Study 3. Conclusion : High emotional engagement seems to impair the retrieval of mood incongruent memories. Being in a happy mood may also partially impair such retrieval.
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Implications regarding emotional regulation are discussed. Keywords: emotional engagement, valence, emotion regulation, mood incongruent retrieval, fluency of autobiographical memories. Imagine your negative mood after failing an exam or after receiving a rejection letter from a journal.
