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Positive affect and the other side of coping.

Folkman, Susan, Moskowitz, Judith Tedlie·2000·American Psychologist
DOI 10.1037/0003-066x.55.6.647
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Although research on coping over the past 30 years has produced convergent evidence about the functions of coping and the factors that influence it, psychologists still have a great deal to learn about how coping mechanisms affect diverse outcomes. One of the reasons more progress has not been made is the almost exclusive focus on negative outcomes in the stress process. Coping theory and research need to consider positive outcomes as well. The authors focus on one such outcome, positive affect, and review findings about the co-occurrence of positive affect with negative affect during chronic stress, the adaptive functions of positive affect during chronic stress, and a special class of meaning-based coping processes that support positive affect during chronic stress.

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  • Positive and negative emotions are distinct, and positive emotion plays a distinct part in adapting well to stressors.

    “Positive emotion is not redundant with negative emotion and has been shown to have a unique role in adapting to stressors successfully (Folkman & Moskowitz, 2000; Fredrickson, 2001).”

    From The psychological health benefits of accepting negative emotions and thoughts: Laboratory, diary, and longitudinal evidence (2018) · cites this paper as Folkman & Moskowitz, 2000

  • As writing about positive aspects and life events bears the potential to have similar positive effects on physical and psychological wellbeing, SISU could deliver an intervention which is more built upon the importance of positive emotions in the promotion and maintenance of wellbeing.

    “As writing about positive aspects and life events bears the potential to have similar positive effects on physical and psychological wellbeing, SISU could deliver an intervention which is more built upon the importance of positive emotions in the promotion and maintenance of wellbeing (Folkman and Moskowitz, 2000).”

    From Feasibility of a Software agent providing a brief Intervention for Self-help to Uplift psychological wellbeing (“SISU”). A single-group pretest-posttest trial investigating the potential of SISU to act as therapeutic agent (2021) · cites this paper as Folkman and Moskowitz, 2000

  • More recent research on self-regulation and coping has shown that positive emotion may function as a resource as individuals manage threats and stress.

    “More recent research on self-regulation (Aspinwall, 1998;Reed & Aspinwall, 1998;Trope & Pomerantz, 1998) and coping (Folkman, 1997;Folkman & Moskowitz, 2000) has similarly shown that positive emotion may function as a resource, as individuals manage threats and stress.”

    From The Undoing Effect of Positive Emotions (2000) · cites this paper as Folkman & Moskowitz, 2000

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Authors
Folkman, S., & Moskowitz, J. T.
Affiliations
University of California, San Francisco (US)
ORCID
Moskowitz, Judith Tedlie
Venue
American Psychologist
Publisher
American Psychological Association (APA)
Published
2000-06
Volume
55
Issue
6
Pages
647-654
ISSN
  • 0003-066X (ISSN-L)
  • 1935-990X
DOI
10.1037/0003-066x.55.6.647
OpenAlex
W2094832470
Cited by
2,471
References
114
Citations by year
2026: 82 · 2025: 110 · 2024: 94 · 2023: 95 · 2022: 103 · 2021: 144 · 2020: 100 · 2019: 112 · 2018: 136 · 2017: 103 · 2016: 117 · 2015: 115 · 2014: 127 · 2013: 124 · 2012: 113
FWCI
46.87
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • American Psychologist (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
U.S. Public Health Service (49985, 52517, 58069)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Resilience and Mental Health
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Applied Psychology › Optimism, Hope, and Well-being
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction
Keywords
positive affect, coping, chronic stress, stress process, negative affect, meaning-based coping
MeSH terms
Adaptation, Psychological, Cognition, Emotions, Humans, Problem Solving

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