Movies and mood: an exploration of the critical variables related to mood states

Laura L. Payne; Tammie Shaw; Linda L. Caldwell

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Movies and mood: an exploration of the critical variables related to mood states

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Authors:

Laura L. Payne, Tammie Shaw, Linda L. Caldwell

Year:

1998

Type:

General Technical Report

Station:

Northern Research Station

Source:

In: Vogelsong, Hans G., comp, ed. Proceedings of the 1997 Northeastern Recreation Research Symposium; 1997 April 6 - 9; Bolton Landing, NY. Gen. Tech. Rep. NE-241. Radnor, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station. 60-63.

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Abstract

The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between movie viewing and mood, and to test the Pleasure Arousal Dominance (PAD) mood theory in a theater setting. The results of this exploratory study are presented here, challenging the PAD model, and providing suggestions for future research regarding the leisure and mood relationship.

Parent Publication

Proceedings of the 1997 Northeastern Recreation Research Symposium

Citation

Payne, Laura L.; Shaw, Tammie; Caldwell, Linda L. 1998. Movies and mood: an exploration of the critical variables related to mood states. In: Vogelsong, Hans G., comp, ed. Proceedings of the 1997 Northeastern Recreation Research Symposium; 1997 April 6 - 9; Bolton Landing, NY. Gen. Tech. Rep. NE-241. Radnor, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station. 60-63.