The Effects of a Sad Mood Induction on Attention Disengagement from Emotional Images in Remitted and Never Depressed Women

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dc.contributor.advisorSears, Christopher
dc.contributor.authorKorol, Stephanie
dc.contributor.committeememberDobson, Keith
dc.contributor.committeemembervon Ranson, Kristin
dc.contributor.committeememberClimie, Emma
dc.date.accessioned2016-04-28T15:04:58Z
dc.date.available2016-04-28T15:04:58Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.date.submitted2016en
dc.description.abstractResearch suggests that depressed individuals experience more difficulty disengaging attention from negative information (e.g., Everaert et al., 2012; Joormann & D’Avanzato, 2010; Koster, et al., 2011), although not all studies have reached this conclusion (e.g., Karparova et al., 2005; Wisco et al., 2012). In the present study, differences in attention disengagement were examined in currently, remitted, and never depressed women. Eighty participants completed an attention disengagement task while viewing emotional images. The time taken to shift their gaze away from the image was used as the measure of attention disengagement. For remitted and never depressed women, the disengagement task was completed before and after a sad mood induction (MI). Currently depressed participants were not found to disengage more slowly from negative images than never depressed participants. There was evidence that the sad MI affected disengagement for the remitted depressed participants who were most affected by the sad MI. The implications of these findings are discussed.en_US
dc.identifier.citationKorol, S. (2016). The Effects of a Sad Mood Induction on Attention Disengagement from Emotional Images in Remitted and Never Depressed Women (Master's thesis, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada). Retrieved from https://prism.ucalgary.ca. doi:10.11575/PRISM/28097en_US
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/28097
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11023/2908
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisher.facultyGraduate Studies
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Calgaryen
dc.publisher.placeCalgaryen
dc.rightsUniversity of Calgary graduate students retain copyright ownership and moral rights for their thesis. You may use this material in any way that is permitted by the Copyright Act or through licensing that has been assigned to the document. For uses that are not allowable under copyright legislation or licensing, you are required to seek permission.
dc.subjectPsychology--Clinical
dc.subjectPsychology--Cognitive
dc.subject.classificationDepressionen_US
dc.subject.classificationAttention disengagementen_US
dc.subject.classificationEye-trackingen_US
dc.subject.classificationMood inductionen_US
dc.titleThe Effects of a Sad Mood Induction on Attention Disengagement from Emotional Images in Remitted and Never Depressed Women
dc.typemaster thesis
thesis.degree.disciplinePsychology
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Calgary
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Science (MSc)
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