Lay Theories of Emotion Transience and the Search for Happiness: A Fresh Perspective on Affect Regulation

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I Follow My Heart and We Rely on Reasons: The Impact of Self-Construal on Reliance on Feelings versus Reasons in Decision Making (2015, methodology): “First, participants were told to complete a word-association task, which was in fact a mood manipulation that has been used in prior research (e.g., Fishbach and Labroo 2007; Isen, Daubman, and Nowicki 1987; Labroo and Mukhopadhyay 2009).”
The Motivating Role of Dissociative Out-Groups in Encouraging Positive Consumer Behaviors (2014, methodology): “Using Winer’s (1971; see also Labroo and Mukhopadhyay 2009) method of pooling t-values, the meta-analysis revealed that the effect was significant when considering our data as a whole (z = 4.49, p < .001).”
Retail therapy: A strategic effort to improve mood (2011, unknown): “Because individuals may hold lay theories about the transience of their emotions (Labroo & Mukhopadhyay, 2009), an individual’s assessment of their current negative affective state and whether it is temporary or chronic may also alter their proclivity to engage in retail therapy.”