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What Good Are Positive Emotions?
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This article opens by noting that positive emotions do not fit existing models of emotions. Consequently, a new model is advanced to describe the form and function of a subset of positive emotions, including joy, interest, contentment, and love. This new model posits that these positive emotions serve to broaden an individual's momentary thought–action repertoire, which in turn has the effect of building that individual's physical, intellectual, and social resources. Empirical evidence to support this broaden-and-build model of positive emotions is reviewed, and implications for emotion regulation and health promotion are discussed.
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“After a laboratory induction of positive emotions, people demonstrate an expanded attentional field, greater working memory, enhanced creativity, and increased openness to new knowledge and perspectives.”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Fredrickson, B. L.
- Affiliations
- University of Michigan (US)
- Corresponding author
- Fredrickson, Barbara L.
- Venue
- Review of General Psychology
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 1998-09
- Volume
- 2
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 300-319
- ISSN
- 1089-2680 (ISSN-L)
- 1939-1552
- PMC
- PMC3156001
- OpenAlex
- W2134419850
- Cited by
- 6,066
- References
- 131
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- FWCI
- 43.68
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
- Locations
- Review of General Psychology (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
- PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
- Funders
- National Institute of Mental Health (R01MH059615)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Aging and Gerontology Research
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Applied Psychology › Optimism, Hope, and Well-being
- Keywords
- positive emotions, joy, interest, contentment, love, emotion regulation, health promotion
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