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Research in the area of attitude change has demonstrated that people can process a persuasive message in a systematic or heuristic manner (Chaiken, 1980). In relation to mood, it has been shown that positive mood increases heuristic processing, whereas negative mood increases systematic processing. In the current study, we were interested in examining one factor that may increase happy peoples ability or desire to systematically process a persuasive message, self- referencing. Self-referencing occurs when information is processed by relating it to oneself or ones personal experience. ...

As the black sheep of a prominent family, author Michael Eliot Mehler endures a twisted, dysfunctional childhood. At the age of eleven he is molested, causing him to have thoughts of suicide. His overbearing mother's insistence on therapy leads him to a lifetime of analysis and does little to curb his tendency toward self-destruction.

When he becomes an adult, Mehler embarks on a career of crime. His glitzy, gutsy world includes a tumultuous relationship with an exotic dancer, his friendship with the former alleged mob boss of the Bonanno/Massino crime family, and his federal court case...

As the black sheep of a prominent family, author Michael Eliot Mehler endures a twisted, dysfunctional childhood. At the age of eleven he is molested, causing him to have thoughts of suicide. His overbearing mother's insistence on therapy leads him to a lifetime of analysis and does little to curb his tendency toward self-destruction.

When he becomes an adult, Mehler embarks on a career of crime. His glitzy, gutsy world includes a tumultuous relationship with an exotic dancer, his friendship with the former alleged mob boss of the Bonanno/Massino crime family, and his federal court case...