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Mood Induction Procedure: Importance of Individualising Music

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 October 2014

Frances A. Carter ,
Jenny S. Wilson ,
Rachel H. Lawson  and
Cynthia M. Bulik
Frances A. Carter*
Affiliation:
University of Canterbury
Jenny S. Wilson
Affiliation:
University of Canterbury
Rachel H. Lawson
Affiliation:
University of Canterbury
Cynthia M. Bulik
Affiliation:
University of Canterbury
*
Bulimia Treatment Programme, Terrace House, Oxford Street, Christchureh, New Zealand
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Abstract

Studies examining the musical mood induction procedure (MMIP) currently typically involve the experimenter preselecting a piece of music for use with all subjects. This assumes that the same piece of music will be equally effective at eliciting low mood for all subjects. The validity of this assumption was evaluated among 12 bulimic and 12 control women. Subjects listened to seven preselected pieces of music and rated them according to how likely it would be that the piece of music would help them to lower their mood / feel sad. Analysis showed that subjects were highly individual in their responses, and that it could not be assumed that the same piece of music would be equally effective at eliciting low mood across subjects.

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Research Article
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Behaviour Change , Volume 12 , Issue 3 , September 1995 , pp. 159 - 161
Copyright
Copyright © The Author(s) 1995

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