Citation

Rosén AS. Anxiety Stress Coping 1999; 12(1): 85-102.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1999, Informa - Taylor and Francis Group)

DOI

10.1080/10615809908248324

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

When a person becomes distressed, the mood-congruence hypothesis predicts that the overall pleasantness-unpleasantness of judgements will change accordingly. This study reports the findings of a mood-congruent judgemental effect on the pattern of correlations of state anxiety and attitudes in the preabortion situation, assumed to be stressful to women requesting an early first-trimester abortion. The 58 participating patients were followed up about three weeks later. The mood-congruent effect was no longer present. Trait anxiety did not relate to the mood-congruent effect but strongly afflicted the level with which state anxiety and evaluations were expressed pre- and postabortion.