EFFECTS OF INDUCED MOOD STATES ON OBJECTIVE AND PROJECTIVE DEPENDENCYSCORES

In two experiments involving a total of 144 participants (72 women and 72 men), we examined the effects of induced mood states on college st udents' scares on widely used objective and projective measures of dep endency. In both experiments, induced mood states significantly influe nced participants' scores on the projective dependency test but did no t affect their scores on the objective dependency test. Findings are d iscussed in the context of previous studies comparing objective and pr ojective dependency measures and with respect to theoretical framework s that distinguish implicit from self-attributed dependency needs.