Cited by 263Stress Responses and CortisolPsychological Well-being and Life SatisfactionOptimism, Hope, and Well-being

The DOI matches its Crossref record; 80 of the 81 references it cites were found in a registry or an index.

Positive affect and psychobiological processes

Open access

Dockray, Samantha, Steptoe, Andrew·2010·Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews

DOI 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2010.01.006PMC PMC2895001

Open this paper in CoChat — free account

Abstract

Positive affect has been associated with favourable health outcomes, and it is likely that several biological processes mediate the effects of positive mood on physical health. There is converging evidence that positive affect activates the neuroendocrine, autonomic and immune systems in distinct and functionally meaningful ways. Cortisol, both total output and the awakening response, has consistently been shown to be lower among individuals with higher levels of positive affect. The beneficial effects of positive mood on cardiovascular function, including heart rate and blood pressure, and the immune system have also been described. The influence of positive affect on these psychobiological processes is independent of negative affect, suggesting that positive affect may have characteristic biological correlates. The duration and conceptualisation of positive affect may be important considerations in understanding how different biological systems are activated in association with positive affect. The association of positive affect and psychobiological processes has been established, and these biological correlates may be partly responsible for the protective effects of positive affect on health outcomes.

The claims and statistics of this paper haven’t been checked yet.

Run the check — free, no account needed. It reads the open-access text and checks the sources it cites.

Integrity signals

Registry

Crossref · 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2010.01.006

Cites

80 of 80 references verified0 citation errors · 0 not checkable

Statistics

Claims the paper makes

The claims and statistics of this paper haven’t been checked yet.

Run the check — free, no account needed. It reads the open-access text and checks the sources it cites.

Claims other papers make about this one

Each is checked against this paper’s own text: does it say what the citing paper says it does?

Self-check

Percentages, sums and reported differences re-computed from the paper’s own numbers.

The self-check needs the paper’s full text.

Development and validation of brief measures of positive and negative affect: The PANAS scales.
Watson, D., Clark, L. A., & Tellegen, A. (1988) · Journal of Personality and Social Psychology · doi:10.1037/0022-3514.54.6.1063 · Cited by 32,433
The role of positive emotions in positive psychology: The broaden-and-build theory of positive emotions.
Fredrickson, B. L. (2001) · American Psychologist · doi:10.1037//0003-066x.56.3.218 · Cited by 18,025
Subjective well-being: Three decades of progress.
Diener, E., Suh, E. M., Lucas, R. E., & Smith, H. L. (1999) · Psychological Bulletin · doi:10.1037/0033-2909.125.2.276 · Cited by 12,910
Well-being : the foundations of hedonic psychology
Kahneman, D. J., Diener, E. F., & Schwarz, N. (1999) · Cited by 7,472
Subjective well-being. The science of happiness and a proposal for a national index
Diener, E. (2000) · American Psychologist · doi:10.1037/0003-066x.55.1.34 · Cited by 7,121
C-reactive protein: a critical update
Pepys, M. B., & Hirschfield, G. M. (2003) · Journal of Clinical Investigation · doi:10.1172/jci18921 · Cited by 4,694
Resilient Individuals Use Positive Emotions to Bounce Back From Negative Emotional Experiences.
Tugade, M. M., & Fredrickson, B. L. (2004) · Journal of Personality and Social Psychology · doi:10.1037/0022-3514.86.2.320 · Cited by 3,947
C-reactive protein: a critical update
Pepys, M. B., & Hirschfield, G. M. (2003) · Journal of Clinical Investigation · doi:10.1172/jci200318921 · Cited by 3,436
Psychological stress and the human immune system: a meta-analytic study of 30 Years of inquiry
Segerstrom, S. C., & Miller, G. E. (2004) · Psychological Bulletin · doi:10.1037/0033-2909.130.4.601 · Cited by 3,334
Biobehavioral responses to stress in females: Tend-and-befriend, not fight-or-flight.
Taylor, S. E., Klein, L. C., Lewis, B. P., Gruenewald, T. L., Gurung, R. A. R., & Updegraff, J. A. (2000) · Psychological Review · doi:10.1037/0033-295x.107.3.411 · Cited by 3,308

Flagged first, then by citations

Show all 81 references

1 of the 81 references couldn’t be matched to a known paper.

Sorted by citations

Items 101–200 of 263

From human wellbeing to animal welfare
Williams, L. A. (2021) · Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews · doi:10.1016/j.neubiorev.2021.09.014 · Cited by 22
Individual and dyadic associations among relational self‐expansion potential, affect, and perceived health
Stanton, S. C. E., Spence, K., Kähkönen, J. E., & Dobson, K. (2020) · Personal Relationships · doi:10.1111/pere.12331 · Cited by 21
Maternal and infant characteristics connected to shared pleasure in dyadic interaction
Puura, K., Leppänen, J., Salmelin, R. K., Mäntymaa, M., Luoma, I., Latva, R., Peltola, M. J., Lehtimäki, T. J., & Tamminen, T. (2019) · Infant Mental Health Journal · doi:10.1002/imhj.21786 · Cited by 25
The Relationship Between Positive Psychological Attributes and Psychological Well-Being in Persons with HIV/AIDS
Mukolo, A., & Wallston, K. A. (2011) · AIDS and Behavior · doi:10.1007/s10461-011-0029-5 · Cited by 20
Psychological Wellbeing and Aortic Stiffness
Ikeda, A., Steptoe, A., Shipley, M., Wilkinson, I., Mceniery, C., Tanigawa, T., Singh-Manoux, A., Kivimaki, M., & Brunner, E. (2020) · HYPERTENSION · doi:10.1161/hypertensionaha.119.14284 · Cited by 9
Self-citation
Measuring cooking experience implicitly and explicitly: Physiology, facial expression and subjective ratings
Brouwer, A.-M., Hogervorst, M. A. J., van Erp, J. B. F., Grootjen, M., van Dam, E., & Zandstra, E. H. (2019) · Food Quality and Preference · doi:10.1016/j.foodqual.2019.103726 · Cited by 18
The ‘Rippling’ Waves of Wellbeing: A Mixed Methods Evaluation of a Surf-Therapy Intervention on Patients with Acquired Brain Injury
Wilkie, L., Fisher, Z., & Kemp, A. H. (2022) · Sustainability · doi:10.3390/su14159605 · Cited by 19
Chronotype and Affective Response to Sleep Restriction and Subsequent Sleep Deprivation
Cox, R. C., Ritchie, H., Knauer, O. A., Guerin, M. K., Stothard, E. R., & Wright, K. P. (2023) · Journal of Biological Rhythms · doi:10.1177/07487304231188204 · Cited by 18
Impact of long-term meditation practice on cardiovascular reactivity during perception and reappraisal of affective images
Pavlov, S. V., Reva, N. V., Валерьевич, Л. К., Викторович, К. В., & Aftanas, L. I. (2015) · International Journal of Psychophysiology · doi:10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2015.01.002 · Cited by 18
Psychological reactivity to laboratory stress is associated with hormonal responses in postmenopausal women
Fang, C. Y., Egleston, B. L., Manzur, A. M., Townsend, R. R., Stanczyk, F. Z., Spiegel, D., & Dorgan, J. F. (2014) · Journal of International Medical Research · doi:10.1177/0300060513504696 · Cited by 16
A Joyful Heart is Good Medicine: Positive Affect Predicts Memory Complaints
Lee, P.-L. (2016) · American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry · doi:10.1016/j.jagp.2016.04.001 · Cited by 17
Affectivity as mediator of the relation between optimism and quality of life in men who have sex with men with HIV
Vera-Villarroel, P., Valtierra, A., & Contreras, D. (2016) · International Journal of Clinical and Health Psychology · doi:10.1016/j.ijchp.2016.07.001 · Cited by 18
Sex differences in the association of psychosocial resources with prevalent type 2 diabetes among African Americans: The Jackson Heart Study
Glover, L. M., Bertoni, A. G., Golden, S. H., Baltrus, P., Min, Y., Carnethon, M. R., Taylor, H. A., & Sims, M. (2018) · Journal of Diabetes and its Complications · doi:10.1016/j.jdiacomp.2018.11.005 · Cited by 16
High arousal and low arousal work-related positive affects and basal cardiovascular activity
Armon, G., Melamed, S., Berliner, S. A., & Shapira, I. (2013) · The Journal of Positive Psychology · doi:10.1080/17439760.2013.848375 · Cited by 17
Developing Generative AI for Value Co‐Creation: An Intervention‐Based Randomized Field Experiment in a Healthcare Context
Song, Y., Yan, T., Jia, F., Chen, L., & Li, H. (2025) · Journal of Operations Management · doi:10.1002/joom.70012 · Cited by 18
The sound of stress recovery: an exploratory study of self-selected music listening after stress
Adiasto, K., van Hooff, M. L. M., Beckers, D. G. J., & Geurts, S. A. E. (2023) · BMC Psychology · doi:10.1186/s40359-023-01066-w · Cited by 22
Subjective well-being in Swedish active seniors or seniors with cognitive complaints and its relation to commonly available biomarkers
Olsson, L. A., Hagnelius, N.-O., Olsson, H. M., & Nilsson, T. (2012) · Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics · doi:10.1016/j.archger.2012.07.009 · Cited by 17
Continuous Neurophysiologic Data Accurately Predict Mood and Energy in the Elderly
Merritt, S. H., Krouse, M. C., Alogaily, R., & Zak, P. J. (2022) · Brain Sciences · doi:10.3390/brainsci12091240 · Cited by 15
Well-Being and Arthritis Incidence: The Role of Inflammatory Mechanisms. Findings From the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing
Okely, J. A., Weiß, A., & Galé, C. R. (2017) · Psychosomatic Medicine · doi:10.1097/psy.0000000000000480 · Cited by 15
Positive and negative affect and well-being in cardiac patients and their spouses: the mediating role of illness representations
Karademas, E. C., Barouxi, E., & Mavroeides, G. (2018) · Psychology and Health · doi:10.1080/08870446.2018.1525490 · Cited by 14
Daily Positive Affect and Nocturnal Cardiac Activation
Schwerdtfeger, A. R., Friedrich-Mai, P., & Gerteis, A. K. S. (2014) · International Journal of Behavioral Medicine · doi:10.1007/s12529-014-9396-4 · Cited by 14
Resposta ao estresse: II. Resiliência e vulnerabilidade
Coelho, N. L. G., da Silva, H. P. A., & de Sousa, M. B. C. (2015) · Estudos de Psicologia (Natal) · doi:10.5935/1678-4669.20150009 · Cited by 19
Coronary microvascular and endothelial function regulation: Crossroads of psychoneuroendocrine immunitary signals and quantum physics [Part B]
Lin, C. D., Poretto, A., Scodro, M., Marra, M. P., Iliceto, S., & Tona, F. (2015) · Journal of Integrative Cardiology · doi:10.15761/jic.1000136 · Cited by 13
The longitudinal effects of organizational change on experienced and enacted bullying behaviour
Holten, A., Hancock, G. R., Mikkelsen, E. G., Persson, R., Hansen, Å. M., & Høgh, A. (2016) · Journal of Change Management · doi:10.1080/14697017.2016.1215340 · Cited by 13
Formal volunteering as a protector of health in the context of social losses
Jang, H., Tang, F., Gonzales, E. G., Lee, Y. S., & Morrow-Howell, N. L. (2018) · Journal of Gerontological Social Work · doi:10.1080/01634372.2018.1476945 · Cited by 13
Trait and state approach-motivated positive affects interactively influence stress cardiovascular recovery
Qin, Y., Lu, W. D., Hughes, B. M., & Kaczmarek, L. D. (2019) · International Journal of Psychophysiology · doi:10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2019.08.011 · Cited by 14
Testing Measurement Invariance of the Positive and Negative Affect Schedule (PANAS) in American and Arab University Students
Davis, R. C., Arce, M. A., Tobin, K. E., Palumbo, I. M., Chmielewski, M. S., Megreya, A. M., & Latzman, R. D. (2020) · International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction · doi:10.1007/s11469-020-00411-z · Cited by 12
Ways of Coping and Biomarkers of an Increased Atherothrombotic Cardiovascular Disease Risk in Elderly Individuals
von Känel, R., Mausbach, B. T., Dimsdale, J. E., Mills, P. J., Patterson, T. L., Ancoli‐Israel, S., Ziegler, M. G., Roepke, S. K., Allison, M., & Grant, I. (2012) · Cardiovascular Psychiatry and Neurology · doi:10.1155/2012/875876 · Cited by 12
Positive intervention for depression and teacher–student relationship in Iranian high school girl students with moderate/mild depression: a pilot randomized controlled trial
Taghvaienia, A., & Zonobitabar, A. (2020) · Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health · doi:10.1186/s13034-020-00331-9 · Cited by 12
Prevalence of Suicidal Ideation and Its Association with Positive Affect in Working Women: A Day Reconstruction Study
Tian, L., Yang, Y., Yang, H., & Huebner, E. S. (2017) · Frontiers in Psychology · doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2017.00285 · Cited by 12
Adolescent Mothers’ Psychological Wellbeing during Pregnancy and Infant Emotional Health
Tung, I., Keenan, K. E., & Hipwell, A. E. (2021) · Journal of Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology · doi:10.1080/15374416.2021.1981339 · Cited by 17
Physiological Correlates of Mental Well-Being
Lindfors, P. (2012) · Springer eBooks · doi:10.1007/978-94-007-5195-8_12 · Cited by 9
Associations between positive emotional well-being and stress-induced myocardial ischemia
Feigal, J. P., Boyle, S. H., Samad, Z. Z., Velazquez, E. J., Wilson, J. L., Becker, R. C., Williams, R. B., Kuhn, C. M., Ortel, T. L., Rogers, J. G., et al. (2016) · Journal of Psychosomatic Research · doi:10.1016/j.jpsychores.2016.11.012 · Cited by 11
A Psychometric Evaluation of Iranian Version of the Responses to Positive Affect (RPA) Questionnaire
Abasi, I., Feldman, G. C., Farazmand, S., Pourshahbaz, A., & Sarichloo, M. E. (2018) · Iranian Journal of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences · doi:10.5812/ijpbs.11923 · Cited by 11
Building physical health: What is the role of mental health?
Kesavayuth, D., Shangkhum, P., & Zikos, V. (2021) · Bulletin of Economic Research · doi:10.1111/boer.12304 · Cited by 12
Testing the Associations Between State and Trait Anxiety, Anger, Sadness, and Ambulatory Blood Pressure and Whether Race Impacts These Relationships
Gavrilova, L., & Zawadzki, M. J. (2021) · Annals of Behavioral Medicine · doi:10.1093/abm/kaab098 · Cited by 12
A positive affect intervention alters leukocyte DNA methylation in sexual minority men with HIV who use methamphetamine
Carrico, A. W., Cherenack, E. M., Flentje, A., Moskowitz, J. T., Asam, K. R., Ghanooni, D., Chavez, J. V., Neilands, T. B., Dilworth, S. E., Rubin, L. H., et al. (2024) · Brain Behavior and Immunity · doi:10.1016/j.bbi.2024.05.025 · Cited by 11
The Effect of Positive Thinking Training on Reduction of Depression, Stress and Anxiety of Juvenile Delinquents
Zandvakili, M., Jalilvand, M., & Nikmanesh, Z. (2014) · International Journal of Medical Toxicology and Forensic Medicine · doi:10.22037/ijmtfm.v4i2(spring).5622 · Cited by 12
The relationship between hopelessness and risk factors for early mortality in people with a lived experience of a serious mental illness
Fortuna, K. L., Venegas, M. D. R. A., Bianco, C. L., Smith, B., Batsis, J. A., Walker, R., Brooks, J., & Umucu, E. (2020) · Social Work in Mental Health · doi:10.1080/15332985.2020.1751772 · Cited by 11
Nature as a source of health and well‐being
Hughes, J., Pretty, J., & Macdonald, D. W. (2013) · Wiley eBooks · doi:10.1002/9781118520178.ch9 · Cited by 11
Increased stathmin expression strengthens fear conditioning in epileptic rats
Zhang, L., Feng, D., Hong, T., Xiangyan, D. E., CHANG, Q., & Hu, Q. (2014) · Biomedical Reports · doi:10.3892/br.2014.386 · Cited by 10
Affect, inflammation, and health in urban at-risk civilians
Lin, C., Michopoulos, V., Powers, A. D., Wingo, A. P., Schwartz, A. C., Bradley, B., Ressler, K. J., & Gillespie, C. F. (2018) · Journal of Psychiatric Research · doi:10.1016/j.jpsychires.2018.06.008 · Cited by 10
Is Positive Affect as a Trait Related to Higher Heart Rate Variability in a Stressful Situation?
Sveinsdóttir, S. Þ., & Jóhannsdóttir, K. R. (2023) · International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health · doi:10.3390/ijerph20206919 · Cited by 11
Job Demands and Resources and Employee Well-being among Social Workers in China: The Mediating Effects of Affect
Cheung, S., Xie, X., Huang, C., & Li, X. (2022) · The British Journal of Social Work · doi:10.1093/bjsw/bcac043 · Cited by 10
Intra-individual Associations of Perceived Stress, Affective Valence, and Affective Arousal with Momentary Cortisol in a Sample of Working Adults
Johnson, J. A., Zawadzki, M. J., Jones, D. R., Reichenberger, J., & Smyth, J. M. (2021) · Annals of Behavioral Medicine · doi:10.1093/abm/kaab049 · Cited by 9
Mediation Effects of Positive and Negative Affects on the Relationship Between Perfectionism and Physical Health
Nejad, E. M. H., Beshārat, M. A., Haddadi, P., & Abdolmanafi, A. (2011) · Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences · doi:10.1016/j.sbspro.2011.10.035 · Cited by 9
Psychosocial and behavioural predictors of immune response to influenza vaccination: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Ballesio, A., Zagaria, A., Violani, C., & Lombardo, C. (2023) · Health Psychology Review · doi:10.1080/17437199.2023.2208652 · Cited by 11
PERMA model vs. integrative-behavioral couple therapy for fertility problems: A randomized clinical trial protocol
Sadeghi, M., Farajkhoda, T., Khanabadi, M., & Eftekhar, M. (2021) · International Journal of Reproductive BioMedicine (IJRM) · doi:10.18502/ijrm.v19i12.10061 · Cited by 8
Neuroticism, Extraversion and Stress: Physiological Correlates
Brouwer, A.-M., van Schaik, M., van Erp, J. B. F., & Korteling, H. (2013) · International Conference on Affective Computing and Intelligent Interaction and workshops · doi:10.1109/acii.2013.77 · Cited by 8
Hair cortisol concentrations in relation to ill-being and well-being in healthy young and old females
Smyth, N., Bianchin, M., Thorn, L., Hucklebridge, F. H., Kirschbaum, C., Stalder, T., & Clow, A. (2016) · International Journal of Psychophysiology · doi:10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2016.03.001 · Cited by 8
Effectiveness of Positive Thinking Skills Training on the Hope and Quality of Life of Drug-Dependent People.
Mohammad-Najar, N., Khoshnevis, E., & Banisi, P. (2017) · Europe PMC (PubMed Central) · Cited by 8
Character strengths, life satisfaction and orientations to happiness - a study of the Nordic countries
Hool, K. (2011) · NORA - Norwegian Open Research Archives · Cited by 8
Bidirectional Relations Among Maternal Positive Emotion, Infant Positive Emotionality, and Infant Physiological Regulation Across the First 18 Months of Life
Shin, E.-K., Lytle, M. N., Zhou, A. M., LoBue, V., Buss, K. A., & Pérez‐Edgar, K. E. (2024) · Developmental Psychobiology · doi:10.1002/dev.22537 · Cited by 7
Recommendations for Assessment of Social, Emotional, and Behavioral Health for the National Children's Study
Nowinski, C. J., DeWalt, D. A., Carter, A. S., Chacko, A., Gross, H. E., Perrin, E. M., Krug, C. W., Holl, J. L., & Gershon, R. C. (2021) · Frontiers in Pediatrics · doi:10.3389/fped.2021.624524 · Cited by 9
Measuring the Psychobiological Correlates of Daily Experience in Adolescents
Dockray, S., O’Neill, S. B., & Jump, O. (2019) · Journal of Research on Adolescence · doi:10.1111/jora.12473 · Cited by 8
Self-citation
Quality of life: a potentially useful measure to indicate subclinical flares in Crohn disease
Cámara, R. J. A., Juillerat, P., Pittet, V. E. H., Schoepfer, A. M., Begré, S., von Känel, R., & the Swiss Inflammatory Bowel Disease Cohort Study Group (2011) · Internal Medicine Journal · doi:10.1111/j.1445-5994.2011.02472.x · Cited by 6
Change in Positive Affect During Outpatient Cardiac Rehabilitation Predicts Vital Exhaustion in Patients with Coronary Heart Disease
Stauber, S., Schmid, J., Saner, H. E., Znoj, H., Saner, G., Grolimund, J., & von Känel, R. (2013) · Behavioral Medicine · doi:10.1080/08964289.2013.813435 · Cited by 6
The effectiveness of positive psychotherapy on the psychological well-being of breast cancer patients
Jamshidifar, Z., Shemirani, S. M., Ahramian, A., Ahmadi, A., Lory, S. S., & Moradi-Joo, M. (2015) · Ciência e Natura · doi:10.5902/2179460x20874 · Cited by 6
Determinants of Positive and Negative Affect among Adolescents and Young Adults in Indonesia: A Population-Based Survey
Purborini, N., Lee, M., & Chang, H. (2021) · International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health · doi:10.3390/ijerph182312326 · Cited by 9
Toward physiological indices of emotional state driving future ebook interactivity
van Erp, J. B. F., Hogervorst, M. A. J., & van der Werf, Y. D. (2016) · PeerJ Computer Science · doi:10.7717/peerj-cs.60 · Cited by 5
Unveiling gender differences in psychophysiological dynamics: support for a two-dimensional autonomic space approach
Sinai, Y. M., Ma, Y. J. X., Daleski, M. A., Gannot, S., Bartsch, R. P., & Gordon, I. (2024) · Frontiers in Human Neuroscience · doi:10.3389/fnhum.2024.1363891 · Cited by 7
Improving Psychological Well-being Among Undergraduates: How Creativity in Learning Can Contribute?
Malaysia, U. S., Khairani, A. Z., Shamsuddin, H., Malaysia, U. S., Idris, I. B., & Idris, U. P. S. (2019) · Jurnal Komunikasi Malaysian Journal of Communication · doi:10.17576/jkmjc-2019-3502-21 · Cited by 5
Mood and influenza vaccination in older adults: A randomized controlled trial.
Ayling, K., Fairclough, L. C., Buchanan, H., Wetherell, M. A., & Vedhara, K. (2019) · Health Psychology · doi:10.1037/hea0000786 · Cited by 5
Perceived density and positive affect ratings of studio apartments: an EEG study
Zur, N., Shamay‐Tsoory, S., Sterkin, A., & Fisher-Gewirtzman, D. (2023) · Architectural Science Review · doi:10.1080/00038628.2023.2224284 · Cited by 5
Happiness and Health: An Intricate Relationship
Kar, N. (2023) · Springer eBooks · doi:10.1007/978-981-99-3493-5_9 · Cited by 7
Longitudinal association between positive affect and blood lipids in patients following acute myocardial infarction
Princip, M., von Känel, R., Sivakumar, S., Jellestad, L., Pazhenkottil, A. P., Langraf-Meister, R. E., Znoj, H., Schmid, J., Barth, J., Schnyder, U., et al. (2023) · PLoS ONE · doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0287166 · Cited by 6
Disentangling affect from self-esteem using subliminal conditioning
Amd, M. (2023) · Behavioural Processes · doi:10.1016/j.beproc.2023.104965 · Cited by 5
Past, present or future? Word tense and affect in autobiographical narratives of women with HIV in relation to health indicators
Firpo-Perretti, Y. M., Cohen, M. H., Weber, K. M., & Brody, L. R. (2018) · Journal of Behavioral Medicine · doi:10.1007/s10865-018-9944-5 · Cited by 5
Mapping Psychological Well-Being in Morbid Obesity: A Network Analysis Approach
Pietrabissa, G., Guerrini-Usubini, A., Villa, V., Sartório, A., Castelnuovo, G., & Brunani, A. (2025) · Journal of Clinical Medicine · doi:10.3390/jcm14062076 · Cited by 7
Happy children! A network of psychological and environmental factors associated with the development of positive affect in 9–13 children
Feraco, T., & Cona, G. (2024) · PLoS ONE · doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0307560 · Cited by 7
Linkage of Brain Oscillatory Systems with the Cognitive (experience and valence) and Physiological (cardiovascular reactivity) Components of the Emotions
Aftanas, L. I., Reva, N. V., Pavlov, S. V., Викторович, К. В., & Brak, I. V. (2015) · Neuroscience and Behavioral Physiology · doi:10.1007/s11055-015-0165-x · Cited by 5
Resilience at Work
Denovan, A., Crust, L., & Clough, P. (2016) · doi:10.1002/9781118977620.ch9 · Cited by 5
The Effect of Positive Psychotherapy on Perceived Competence and Quality of Life Among Children With Thalassemia
Zeykani, M., & Nikmanesh, Z. (2018) · Jundishapur Journal of Chronic Disease Care · doi:10.5812/jjcdc.60809 · Cited by 4
The effect of positive couple therapy on the happiness of mothers of exceptional children
Sanaei, F., & Ansari, Y. (2018) · International Archives of Health Sciences · doi:10.4103/iahs.iahs_3_18 · Cited by 4
The interpersonal impact of partner emotion regulation on chronic cardiac patients’ functioning through affect
Karademas, E. C., & Thomadakis, C. (2019) · Journal of Behavioral Medicine · doi:10.1007/s10865-019-00105-5 · Cited by 4
Early-life Socio-economic Status and Adult Health: The Role of Positive Affect
Murdock, K. W., LeRoy, A. S., & Fagundes, C. P. (2016) · Stress and Health · doi:10.1002/smi.2696 · Cited by 4
Association of Positive Psychological Wellbeing and BMI with Physical and Mental Health among College Students
Chen, W. (2017) · Biomedical Journal of Scientific & Technical Research · doi:10.26717/bjstr.2017.01.000370 · Cited by 8
Can Video Engender Empathic Concern for Others? Testing a Positive Affect Arousing Intervention
Cargile, A. C. (2016) · SAGE Open · doi:10.1177/2158244016676297 · Cited by 5
Positive Balance at the Emotional Level: Hedonic Well-Being
Sirgy, M. J. (2020) · Social indicators research series · doi:10.1007/978-3-030-40289-1_3 · Cited by 4
Exacerbated vulnerability in existential changes: the essence of dealing with reduced working capacity
Steingrímsdóttir, S. H., & Halldórsdóttir, S. (2015) · International Journal for Educational and Vocational Guidance · doi:10.1007/s10775-015-9297-3 · Cited by 7
Self-rated health : Biobehavioral determinants with focus on inflammatory factors
Andréasson, A. (2010) · Figshare · Cited by 4
It's good to be grateful : Gratitude interventions at work
Baker, M. (2011) · The Scholarship East Carolina University's Institutional Repository (East Carolina University) · Cited by 4
Stress, positive affect, and sleep in older African American adults: a test of the stress buffering hypothesis
Davis, K. M., Shields, G. S., Slavich, G. M., & Zilioli, S. (2025) · Annals of Behavioral Medicine · doi:10.1093/abm/kaaf013 · Cited by 3
Relationship between life satisfaction and sympathovagal balance in healthy elderly males at home at night
Yoshino, K., Morimoto, T., Itagaki, T., Iketani, S., Nagata, M., & Tsujishita, M. (2012) · Health · doi:10.4236/health.2012.411163 · Cited by 3
Variables sociodemográficas, hábitos de vida y niveles de cortisol en adultos de México
Vega-Michel, C., & Gutiérrez, E. J. F. C. (2012) · Pensamiento Psicológico · Cited by 3
A Brief mHealth-Based Psychological Intervention in Emotion Regulation to Promote Positive Subjective Well-Being in Cardiovascular Disease Patients: A Non-Randomized Controlled Trial
Farhane‐Medina, N. Z., Castillo‐Mayén, R., Luque, B., Rubio, S. J., Gutiérrez‐Domingo, T., Cuadrado, E., Arenas, A., & Tabernero, C. (2022) · Healthcare · doi:10.3390/healthcare10091640 · Cited by 3
Posttraumatic Growth in Fresh Medical Cadets after Military Training and its Influencing Factors
Yu, L. S. Y. (2015) · Journal of psychiatry · doi:10.4172/psychiatry.1000272 · Cited by 3
A systematic review of baseline psychosocial characterisation in dietary randomised controlled trials for weight loss
Somerset, S. M., Markwell, K., & Foraih, M. A. (2013) · European Journal of Clinical Nutrition · doi:10.1038/ejcn.2013.77 · Cited by 3
Positive/ Negative Affect, Strategies of Cognitive Emotion Regulation and Alexithymia in Female Patients with Migraine Headache
Zebardast, A., & Shafieetabar, M. (2019) · Quarterly Journal of Child Mental Health · doi:10.29252/jcmh.6.2.16 · Cited by 3
The Role of Affect as a Mediator between Coping Resources and Heart Rate Variability among Older Adults
Pinto, G., Greenblatt‐Kimron, L., Marai, I., Lorber, A., Lowenstein, A., & Cohen, M. W. (2021) · Experimental Aging Research · doi:10.1080/0361073x.2021.1923326 · Cited by 3
The Effectiveness of Positive Psychotherapy on Life Expectancy and Psychological Well-Being in Women with Breast Cancer
Karimi, R., Mirzaian, B., & Abbasi, G. (2022) · doi:10.61838/kman.aftj.3.5.4 · Cited by 3
Identifying Mobile Application Design to Enhance the Subjective Wellbeing among Middle-Aged Adults
Lee, S., Hung, Y., & Wu, F. (2014) · Lecture notes in computer science · doi:10.1007/978-3-319-07446-7_28 · Cited by 3
Testing the causal effects between subjective wellbeing and physical health using Mendelian randomisationPreprint
Wootton, R., Lawn, R., Millard, L., Davies, N., Taylor, A., Munafo, M., Timpson, N., Davis, O., Smith, G., & Haworth, C. (2018) · bioRxiv · doi:10.1101/304741 · Cited by 1
Positive Affectivity
Fortenberry, K. T., Jansen, K. L., & Clark, M. S. (2017) · Springer eBooks · doi:10.1007/978-1-4614-6439-6_977-2 · Cited by 3
At the heart of couple conflict: Emotion regulation and cardiac reactivity
Salo, K. I., Pauw, L. S., Schubotz, R. I., & Milek, A. (2025) · International Journal of Psychophysiology · doi:10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2025.112581 · Cited by 3
Pandemic Fallout: Sustained Declines in Young People’s Subjective Well-Being and Protective Factors in Switzerland
Riva, E., Ruberto, M. A., Lucchini, M., & Lillard, D. R. (2025) · Social Indicators Research · doi:10.1007/s11205-025-03662-2 · Cited by 3
Affect, Disordered Eating Attitudes and Behaviors, and Orthorexia Nervosa Among Women: Mediation Through Intuitive Eating
Khoshzad, M., Maïano, C., Morin, A. J. S., & Aimé, A. (2025) · Behavioral Science · doi:10.3390/bs15070967 · Cited by 2
A cross‐sectional association of physical fitness with positive and negative affect in children and adolescents: the up & down study
de Cózar, P. C. D. R., Carbonell‐Baeza, A., Moledo, C. P., Veiga, Ó. L., Esteban‐Gonzalo, L., Mota, J. A. P. S., & Castro‐Piñero, J. (2020) · Pediatrics International · doi:10.1111/ped.14366 · Cited by 2
Research Progress of Hope Level in Stroke Patients
黄, 志. (2023) · Advances in Psychology · doi:10.12677/ap.2023.1310535 · Cited by 2
Hypoactivation of Reward Motivational System in Patients with Newly Diagnosed Hypertension Grade I-II
Aftanas, L. I., Brak, I. V., Гилинская, О. М., Викторович, К. В., Pavlov, S. V., & Reva, N. V. (2014) · Bulletin of Experimental Biology and Medicine · doi:10.1007/s10517-014-2583-0 · Cited by 2

Authors: Dockray, S., & Steptoe, A.
Affiliations: University College London (GB)
Corresponding author: Dockray, Samantha
ORCID: Dockray, Samantha
Steptoe, Andrew
Venue: Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Published: 2010-09
Volume: 35
Issue: 1
Pages: 69-75
ISSN: 0149-7634 (ISSN-L)
DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2010.01.006
PMC: PMC2895001
OpenAlex: W2005431044
Cited by: 263
References: 81
Citations by year: 2026: 7 · 2025: 14 · 2024: 8 · 2023: 13 · 2022: 13 · 2021: 17 · 2020: 11 · 2019: 19 · 2018: 20 · 2017: 17 · 2016: 32 · 2015: 22 · 2014: 24 · 2013: 19 · 2012: 15
FWCI: 1.30
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: green
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Licence: www.elsevier.com/tdm/userlicense/1.0/ (tdm)
Locations: Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews (publishedVersion)
PubMed (publishedVersion)
Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
UCL Discovery (University College London) (submittedVersion)
Funders: British Heart Foundation (PG/03/029)
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (EFH16042)
Economic and Social Research Council (ES/F03511X/1)
National Institute on Aging (2R01AG13196, R37AG013196, R01AG013196)
Topics: Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Behavioral Neuroscience › Stress Responses and Cortisol
Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction
Social Sciences › Psychology › Applied Psychology › Optimism, Hope, and Well-being
Keywords: positive affect, positive mood, cortisol, cortisol awakening response, cardiovascular function, heart rate, blood pressure, immune system, neuroendocrine system, autonomic nervous system, negative affect, health outcomes
MeSH terms: Affect, Animals, C-Reactive Protein, Circadian Rhythm, Fibrinogen, Health, Health Status, Hemodynamics, Humans, Hydrocortisone, Immune System, Stress, Psychological, Cytokines

About these checks

Registry, retraction, Cites and statistics results are computed, not judged, with one exception: a printed reference that no index lists is read once by a model before it counts as a citation error. Claims are extracted by a model and kept only when their quote appears verbatim in the text; each cited source is then checked, with a model’s help, for whether it says what the claim relies on. Those verdicts can be wrong — read the claim’s quote and the cited source before relying on one.

Statistics and arithmetic are recomputed, not judged.

Confidence bands are shown only for fields calibrated on our annotated test set. None is calibrated yet, so no band is shown.

What counts as a claim ›How we measure confidence ›How we check this ›

Are you an author, or do you see a problem with this page? Request a review

Positive affect and psychobiological processes

Abstract

Overview

Integrity signals

Verification

Claims the paper makes

Claims other papers make about this one

Self-check

Citations

Cites

Cited by

Related

Metadata

Record

About these checks