The Impact of Induced Positive Affect on Incarcerated Males' Learning.

Bryan, Tanis; And Others

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ERIC Number: EJ505080

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1995

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The Impact of Induced Positive Affect on Incarcerated Males' Learning.

Bryan, Tanis; And Others

Behavioral Disorders, v20 n3 p204-11 May 1995

Incarcerated adolescent males (n=62) with high and low depression scores were assigned to a positive or neutral affect induction condition. Following affect induction, subjects participated in tasks involving learning to read Hindi words. Results showed a main effect for self-induced positive affect on learning but no main effect for depression nor affect by depression interaction. (Author/JDD)

Descriptors: Adolescents, Affective Behavior, Behavior Disorders, Criminals, Delinquency, Depression (Psychology), Emotional Experience, Emotional Problems, Influences, Learning, Males, Performance Factors, Prisoners, Second Language Learning, Verbal Learning

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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