BACKGROUND Implicit positive alcohol expectancy (PAE) processes are thought to respond phasically to external and internal stimuli-including mood states-and so they may exert powerful proximal influences over drinking behavior. Although social learning theory contends that mood states activate mood-congruent implicit PAEs, which in turn lead to alcohol use, there is a dearth of experimental res...

Affect-adaptive systems mutate their behavior according to the user’s affective state. In many cases, such affective state is to be detected in a nonobtrusive way, i.e. through sensing that does not require the user to provide the system explicit input, e.g., video sensors. However, user affect recognition from video is frequently tuned to detect instantaneous emotional states, rather than long...

A self-report instrument to measure multiple mood states was constructed. Six hundred and forty-eight Japanese affect adjectives were collected and divided into two lists. Japanese undergraduates totaling 1,254 rated each adjective in the list on a 4-point intensity scale to assess their momentary mood states. Factor analyses revealed 131 items with high loading on extracted major factors. The ...

Sedation techniques for patients undergoing minor outpatient surgery frequently include a variety of intravenous agents. The present study was designed to look for differential effects of 2 different sedation regimens on perioperative mood states. Twenty-two patients undergoing upper extremity surgery using local anesthesia were randomized to receive either propofol or midazolam intravenously f...

We are developing a system for self-reflection and mood monitoring ultimately focused on the treatment and clinical management of depression. We plan to analyze movement sensor data to infer internal, mood states from individuals’ externally-observable behavior, and then present this as feedback to help individuals develop a greater awareness of their moods throughout the day. Coupled with in s...

Psychological and physiological markers have been used to maximize competitive sport preparation. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the effects of two months of training and competitions on mood states and salivary cortisol diurnal variation in 15 female elite water polo players. The results demonstrated that the β coefficient values of the regression slope of cortisol values on samp...

In an attempt to test the conceptual model by Lane and Terry, the purposes of this study were 1) to assess mood states in non-depressed and depressed young karate athletes; 2) to assess mood states in relation to performance in young karate athletes. The participants were recruited from the 2004 Malaysian Games (72 males, 19.20 ± 1.16 years; 37 females, 18.78 ± 0.88 years). The athletes were di...

BACKGROUND Anorexia Nervosa (AN) is a psychiatric illness associated with a number of personality disturbances. However, whether these personality characteristics are related to eating disorder symptomatology or emotion regulation is unclear. The aim of this study was to investigate these relationships. RESULTS Twenty-four individuals with AN and 25 age- and premorbid intelligence-matched con...

Within the last decade, interest in online gambling has increased. This pilot study examined online gambling among students to identify the extent to which student Internet gamblers manifest a propensity for problem gambling and to understand if mood states at various times are predictors of problem gambling. A questionnaire was administered to 127 student Internet gamblers. In addition to ques...

This uncontrolled intervention study explored the effects of stone spa use on the psychological states of women. Sixty-eight female volunteers (mean age 37.5 years (standard deviation 14.8)) recruited at a women-only stone spa facility participated in the study. They completed the short-form Profile of Moods States (POMS) and the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) before and after stone spa u...