Mood state,task demand,and effort-related cardiovascular response |
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| Authors: | Guido H.E. Gendolla Jan Krüsken |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Behavioral Sciences and Psychiatry Division, Zlotowski Center for Neuroscience, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beersheva, Israel;2. Psychiatry Division, Zlotowski Center for Neuroscience, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beersheva, Israel |
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| Abstract: | Drawing on the mood-behaviour model (Gendolla, 2000), two studies investigated informational effects of mood on effort-related cardiovascular response. Experiment 1 manipulated mood state (positive, negative) and task difficulty (easy, difficult, extremely difficult). Effects on cardiovascular reactivity were as expected: On the easy level, reactivity was weak in a positive mood, but strong in a negative mood; on the difficult level, reactivity was strong in a positive mood, but weak in a negative mood; on the extremely difficulty level mood had no effect. Experiment 2 manipulated mood only. As predicted, subjective demand and cardiovascular response were both higher in a negative mood than in a positive mood and the mood effect on cardiovascular response diminished after statistically controlling for the demand appraisals. Neither study revealed any mood effects on cardiovascular response during the mood inductions. |
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