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Do cognitive responses to how we feel really matter? : a psychometric evaluation and experimental extension of the Responses to Positive Affect questionnaire (RPA)

This study aims to investigate cognitive response styles to positive affect. A Swedish version of the Responses to Positive Affect questionnaire (RPA) was psychometrically evaluated and experimentally tested as participants were mood induced. The 3-factor model for the RPA questionnaire (Self-focused positive rumination, Emotion-focused positive rumination and Dampening) was replicated, and the RPA was further explored through analyses of convergent and incremental validity. The experimental results revealed that the two positive rumination subscales had a strong relationship with each other and current positive affect. However, none of the RPA subscales functioned as moderators in the relationship between cognitive response style and participants’ mood reactivity.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:oru-20647
Date January 2011
CreatorsEngh, Johannes, Olofsson, Malin
PublisherÖrebro universitet, Akademin för juridik, psykologi och socialt arbete, Örebro universitet, Akademin för juridik, psykologi och socialt arbete
Source SetsDiVA Archive at Upsalla University
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeStudent thesis, info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis, text
Formatapplication/pdf
Rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess

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