Modifying the Trier Social Stress Test to Induce Positive Affect.

ABSTRACT: Studies comparing the effects of positive and negative affect on psychological outcomes are limited by differences in the situations that evoke these states and in the resulting levels of arousal. In the present research, we adapted the speech portion of the Trier Social Stress Test (TSST) to create conditions with similar situational features that induce either positive, negative, or neutral affective states (N = 301). Pre-post emotion ratings showed that negative affect increased in the negative condition but decreased in the positive and neutral conditions. Positive affect increased in the positive condition, remained unchanged in the neutral condition, and decreased in the negative condition. Participants' post-speech ratings of their positive and negative emotions differed sign

SUBMITTER: Urban-Wojcik EJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9382931 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature