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Abstract
Responses to cognitive and behavioral mood inductions were predicted. At Session 1, 59 undergraduates completed questionnaires to assess cognitive and behavioral functioning. At Session 2, the participants were exposed to one of three inductions: cognitive, behavioral, or control. The cognitive induction consisted of reading negative self-statements consistent with Beck's (1974) theory. The behavioral induction consisted of exposure to insoluble problems, consistent with Lewinsohn's (1974) theory. The participants' moods were evaluated pre- and postinduction. The cognitive and behavioral procedures induced a significantly more negative mood than the control condition but did not differ from one another. Participants' scores on one cognitive measure (Automatic Thoughts Questionnaire; Hollon & Kendall, 1980) predicted their responses to the cognitive induction. Results are discussed in the context of using cognitive-behavioral measures to assign depressed clients to cognitive or behavioral therapy.