Efficacy of Video Induction Method in Enhancing Positive Affect Among Young Adults

Abstract

The mind possesses different types of emotions which can be characterized as positive and negative emotions. Through environmental factors, emotions can be channelled and experienced by the person. With the positive effect, the person can improve their coping abilities, promote social adaptation, and easily solve conflicts in their life. Evidence of past research has concluded that emotions can be experimentally induced among gender with the help of certain methods. In the present study,the video induction method was used to carry outa positive affect on the sample of 100 young adults. Results indicate that the video induction method generates a positive affect among young adultsbut biological parameter like per centoxygen saturation and pulse rate per minute was unaffected by it. However, it matters if the subject is that of a positive or negative state in general, more particularly negative state significantly interacted with the induction technique.