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Mood repair and processing mode in depression. http://web.ebscohost.com/ehost/pdfviewer/pdfviewer?sid=2dd250b1-3216-4a4b-8806-4a8ccd9509e4%40sessionmgr11&vid=2&hid=19

Striving for happiness or fleeing from sadness? Motivating mood repair using differentially framed messages. http://web.ebscohost.com/ehost/pdfviewer/pdfviewer?sid=913dec49-ea62-4416-a763-792c82948e0d%40sessionmgr13&vid=2&hid=19

Do people with low self-esteem really want to feel better? Self-esteem differences in motivation to repair negative moods. http://web.ebscohost.com/ehost/pdfviewer/pdfviewer?sid=5b7e0dc0-fe8e-4d9e-b46a-ee7bb89dfe07%40sessionmgr15&vid=2&hid=19

Retrieving positive memories to regulate negative mood: Consequences for mood-congruent memory. http://web.ebscohost.com/ehost/pdfviewer/pdfviewer?sid=00e6e57b-6398-4d17-8e62-b98ed646d4d7%40sessionmgr15&vid=2&hid=19

Why Extraverts Are Happier Than Introverts: The Role of Mood Regulation. http://web.ebscohost.com/ehost/pdfviewer/pdfviewer?sid=b7442736-779a-4042-b147-abf2f7779e41%40sessionmgr14&vid=9&hid=106

Mood regulation and memory: Repairing sad moods with happy memories. http://ejscontent.ebsco.com/ContentServer.aspx?target=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Etandfonline%2Ecom%2Fdoi%2Fpdf%2F10%2E1080%2F026999396380222%3F%26userIP%3D199%2E19%2E146%2E119

Temporal changes in mood repair through music consumption: Effects of mood, mood salience, and individual differences. http://web.ebscohost.com/ehost/pdfviewer/pdfviewer?sid=bb031556-8e9d-44d8-8ae7-82284d53706c%40sessionmgr11&vid=2&hid=106

A mindfulness model of affect regulation and depressive symptoms: Positive emotions, mood regulation expectancies, and self-acceptance as regulatory mechanisms. http://web.ebscohost.com/ehost/detail?sid=b7442736-779a-4042-b147-abf2f7779e41%40sessionmgr14&vid=11&hid=10

Maladaptive mood repair responses distinguish young adults with early-onset depressive disorders and predict future depression outcomes. http://web.ebscohost.com/ehost/detail?sid=247a2591-62b6-46e1-8315-8f294f789b75%40sessionmgr12&vid=2&hid=9

Memory Accessibility, Mood Regulation, and Dysphoria: Difficulties in Repairing Sad Mood With Happy Memories? http://web.ebscohost.com/ehost/pdfviewer/pdfviewer?sid=098a4033-2e64-41b4-b377-ef3a6963ef1c%40sessionmgr11&vid=2&hid=9

Mood Repair Strategies offer techniques that an individual can use to shift their mood from general sadness or clinical depression to a state of greater contentment or happiness. A mood repair strategy is a cognitive, behavioral, and interpersonal psychological tool used to affect the mood regulation of an individual. Various mood repair strategies are most commonly used in cognitive therapy. They are commonly assigned as homework by therapists in order to help positively impact individuals who are experiencing dysphoria or depression. However, these tools can also be used for individuals experiencing temporary unwanted moods. Many factors go into the effectiveness of mood repair strategies on an individual ranging from the client's self esteem to their experience with the strategy being used. Even the way the mood repair strategy is presented (either to avoid negative moods or to pursue positive moods) may have an effect on that strategy's ability to improve mood. Mood Repair strategies have existed unnamed for basically all of modern human history. Generally the techniques could be considered "common knowledge" but were areas unexplored in research. Concepts such as "think happy thoughts" and "don't listen to sad music" are commonly prescribed by friends or family to those suffering in negative moods. What remained to be seen though, was how the various individuals differed and subsequently, which of these "common knowledge" concepts should be suggested or how they should be phrased when presented. Extensive listing and studying of these techniques started in the mid 1980's. It has primarily focused on the differences in the individuals to whom the mood repair strategies are given and how the strategies prove effective on each type of person. While professional use of mood repair strategies began primarily in the clinical cognitive psychology movement the current expansion of the positive psychology movement is helping to increase the professional use of these mood repair strategies. Cognitive mood repair strategies concern themselves primarily with the ability of recognizing emotional upset and taking one of three courses of action. An individual can choose to evaluate the feelings of dysphoria and better understand the source of the negative mood in order to give the individual a sense of control of his or her mood. Re-evaluation can also occur which allows for individuals to take a negative situation that cause a mood and seek to find a positive perspective from the circumstance. Distraction can also occur which allows for individuals to recall mood-incongruent memories or positive thoughts in order to distract from the current upset in mood. Behavioral mood repair strategies allow for individuals to regulate their moods by the utilization of activities or tasks. Working on a task allows for individuals to temporarily distract from their current mood. Exercise also allows for a release of tension and an improvement of mood. Interpersonal mood repair strategies deal primarily with the focus of mood repair deriving from a relationship with other people. This can occur from individuals seeking out emotional support and a deeper processing of the possible circumstance that led to the negative mood. This can also be achieved by distracting the individual and being with individuals that could lift the overall positivity of the individual.

Retrieving Positive Memories
Sometimes known as distraction or Mood Incongruent Recollection and it is one of the most common mood repair strategies. The theory behind this thinking is that when the mind is engaged in a track of negative mood, the forced recall of positive memories will break the cycle and force the brain to reorient into a more positive state. There are two ways to recall these memories, abstractly and concretely. An abstract recollection of memories consists of a kind of comparison between an individuals memory and their current situation. This can sometimes be helpful unless the individual is a sufferer of depression. A concrete recollection is when a memory is recalled especially vividly and the individual experiences the phenomenology of this memory more acutely. This has shown to be effective even among those suffering with depression.