Investigated, in 2 experiments, whether judgments of happiness and satisfaction with one’s life are influenced by mood at the time of judgment. In Exp I, moods were induced by asking 61 undergraduates for vivid descriptions of a recent happy or sad event in their lives. In Exp II, moods were induced by interviewing 84 participants… Continue reading Mood, misattribution, and judgments of well-being: Informative and directive functions of affective states