Effects of induced mood on self-reported life events and perceived and received social support.

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Summary

The findings challenge the widespread use of life event and perceived social support questionnaires whose independence from a mood-related response bias has not been adequately demonstrated and challenge causal interpretation of significant effects for self-reported life stress and perceivedsocial support obtained in cross-sectional prediction studies of concurrent psychological distress.

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Published
1988-10-01
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Keywords

Psychology, Mood, Social support, Distress, Negative mood

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