Temporal changes in mood repair through music consumption: Effects of mood, mood salience, and individual differences

Prior research on mood management through media consumption has encountered mixed results. This study seeks to address these discrepancies by incorporating time of measurement into the examination of regulatory outcomes and by identifying trait-like cognitive moderators that presumably are involved in the regulation of negative moods. Results showed that sad mood initially fostered longer listening to mood-compatible music but such preference decreased over time, suggesting the merits of considering temporal changes in the mood-repair process, In addition, ruminative trait was found to be a significant factor in how people cope with their sad moods, whereas mood salience was not.