An Experimental Investigation of the Effect of Negative Mood on the Deployment of As-Many-As-Can Checking Stop Rules and Compulsions

The present study examined the causal effect of negative mood on deployment as-many-as-can (AMAC) checking stop rules and compulsions. Participants underwent a or positive induction subsequently completed self-report measures AMAC group scored significantly higher both measures. As hypothesised, direct compulsions was fully mediated by rules, with having significant indirect through rules. However, an alternative mediation model also showed that compulsions, implications these findings for understanding relationships between mood, clinically relevant perseverative behaviours is discussed.