@article{ref1,
title="Mood, stop-rules and task persistence: No Mood-as-Input effects in the context of pain",
journal="Journal of behavior therapy and experimental psychiatry",
year="2013",
author="Ceulemans, Ken and Karsdorp, Petra A. and Vlaeyen, Johan W. S.",
volume="44",
number="4",
pages="463-468",
abstract="BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Task persistence despite experiencing pain might be a risk factor for development and maintenance of chronic pain. The Mood-as-Input (MAI) model predicts that the impact of mood on individuals' motivation to persist in a task depends on the interpretation of current mood within a certain motivational context. The aim of the current study was to replicate the original MAI study (Martin, Ward, Achee, & Wyer, 1993), but in a context where the task is painful. METHODS: A 2 Mood (negative versus positive) × 2 Stop-Rule (achievement versus hedonic) between-subjects factorial design was used in which 120 healthy participants (97 women, mean age = 21.78 years, SD = 3.07) performed an impression-formation task while being exposed to mechanically induced pressure pain. RESULTS: The MAI interaction hypothesis was not confirmed. Instead, participants showed more task persistence when they used hedonic stop-rules as a ground to decide on task (dis)continuation than when they used an achievement-oriented stop-rule. Additionally, participants reporting less pain-related fear also spent more time on the painful impression-formation task. The current findings suggest that the MAI perspective might not apply to task persistence behavior in a pain context. LIMITATIONS: These findings may not generalize to task performance in patients with chronic pain.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0005-7916",
doi="10.1016/j.jbtep.2013.06.002",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jbtep.2013.06.002"
}