Assessment and Modification of Emotional Behavior (Advances in the Study of Communication and Affect, Band 6) - Softcover

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1 Measuring and Modifying Moods: An Introduction.- References.- 2 On the Paucity of Positive Emotions.- The Relative Frequency of Positive and Negative Emotional Concepts.- The Meaning of Emotional Concepts.- The Attribution of Emotion as a Function of Response Outcomes..- The Relationship between Emotional Concepts and Emotional Behavior.- Implications for the Assessment and Modification of Emotional Behavior.- References.- 3 Measurement Implications of a Psychoevolutionary Theory of Emotions.- Emotions as Inferences.- Emotions and Evolution.- Tests of Emotion-Personality.- Other Theory-Based Measures.- Summing Up.- References.- 4 To Risk or Not to Risk: Predicting Behavior from Negative and Positive Emotional States.- The Multiple Affect Adjective Check List (MAACL).- Dimensions of Affect.- Zipers State Test.- Development of a Sensation Seeking State Scale.- To Risk or Not to Risk.- Performance and Affect.- References.- 5 Detecting the Dimensions of Depression: Behavioral Assessment in Therapy Outcome Research.- Clinical Phenomena.- Assessment Methods.- The Self-Control Model of Depression.- Therapy Program.- Therapy Research.- References.- 6 Consequences of Increasing the Functional Impact of Internal Emotional Stimuli.- Increasing Functional Exposure to Phobic Imagery via Expectancy and Relaxation.- Increasing Functional Exposure to Physiological Responses via Relaxation.- Conclusion.- References.- 7 Cognitive Ethology: Assessing the Streams of Cognition and Emotion.- Cognitive Ethology.- Cognitive Assessment Following Performance.- Concurrent Cognitive Assessment.- Cognitive Assessment Preceding Performance.- Units and Levels of Analysis.- Accessibility and Accuracy of Verbal Reports.- References.- 8 Personality Differences in Decision Making under Stress.- SocialPower of Supportive Helpers.- Crises in a Helping Relationship.- Evidence on the Effects of Building Referent Power.- Level of Self-Esteem.- Field Dependence.- Theoretical Analysis of Coping Predispositions.- References.- 9 Stress, Behavior Patterns, and Coronary Disease.- Psychological Risk Factors.- Type A Behavior Pattern.- Measuring the A and B Behavior Patterns.- Interplay of Stress and Pattern A.- Control and Coronary Heart Disease.- A Proposed Biobehavioral Model.- Implications for Therapy.- References.

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