Fishing for happiness: The effects of generating positive imagery on mood and behaviour

Behaviour Research and Therapy

Volumn 49, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 885-891

  Pictet, Arnaud ^a   Coughtrey, Anna E ^a   Mathews, Andrew ^b   Holmes, Emily A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Depression; Emotion; Evaluative learning; Mental imagery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSPHORIA; FEMALE; GUIDED IMAGERY; HAPPINESS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOOD CHANGE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; AFFECT; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; CUES; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HUMANS; IMAGERY (PSYCHOTHERAPY); MALE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

EID: 80455144820     PISSN: 00057967     EISSN: 1873622X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brat.2011.10.003     Document Type: Article

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