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Showing 1 to 20 of 322 for “"positive affect"”.
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Extraversion and Positive Affect
… previous findings and examined whether a strong, positive relation between extraversion and positive affect is a cross-cultural universal, and how cultural dimensions (individualism versus collectivism, and power distance) influence the size of the extraversion-happiness relation. It was found …
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Exploring the link between conscientiousness and positive affect
… a relationship between conscientiousness and positive emotions (e.g., DeNeve & Cooper, 1998). However, no research to date has addressed why conscientiousness is related to emotions or to which emotions it is related. Across three studies, I aimed to explicate the relationship between …
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Positive Affect, Coping, and Student Engagement In Early Adolescence
… 2001) Broaden and Build Theory hypothesizes that positive emotions broaden thinking, improve coping, and create continually 'building' upward spirals of improved social resources and increasing well-being. This study seeks to examine this hypothesis within a school context. Building on previous …
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Fictional Writing: The Role of Positive Affect and Empathic Concern
… this study was to examine fictional writing, the positive moods produced by fictional writing, and the ability to empathize and fantasize as predictors of helping behavior. Forty-four female student participants (ranging in age from 18- 26) at Texas State University-San Marcos were randomly …
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Differential effects of negative and positive affect on context processing
… if any, of briefly elicited negative and positive affect on context processing remains unclear. In this research, I used three separate tasks (i.e., the Preparing to Overcome Prepotency (POP) task, Stroop task, and AX-CPT task, respectively) to examine the influence of briefly elicited …
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RESPONSES TO POSITIVE AFFECT: AN EXAMINATION OF POSITIVE RUMINATION AND DAMPENING
… differences in the ways individuals respond to positive affect (PA) might impact the length and intensity of PA episodes, perhaps leading to changes in long-term mental and physical health. Feldman et al. (in press) suggested that "positive rumination," repetitive positive self- and …
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Emotional responsivity in people high and low in trait positive affect
… that individuals who report high levels of Trait Positive Affect (TPA) experience better mental and physical health outcomes than individuals low in TPA. The current study examined emotional responsivity in forty-five undergraduates who scored either high or low in trait positive affect. …
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THE INFLUENCE OF POSITIVE AFFECT AND ANXIETY ON ATTENTION AND CREATIVITY
The study examined naturally occurring effects of positive affect and anxiety (exam stress at different points in the semester) on attentional performance and creative abilities of undergraduate students. The mood of participants was measured by PANAS and STAI questionnaires. Their attention was …
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The relationship between inspiration as a psychological construct, temperament, and positive affect
… between inspiration, temperament, and positive affect existed. The dependent variable was inspiration, which was measured by the Inspiration Scale (IS). Temperament was measured by the Keirsey Temperament Sorter II and positive affect by the Positive and Negative Affect Schedule …
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Sleep Problems, Emotion (Dys)regulation, and Positive Affect: The Moderating Role of Physical Activity
… improved emotion regulation and higher levels of positive affect. While children engage in both sleep and physical activity daily, relatively little is known about how these two critical health behaviors interact to influence children’s emotional functioning. The central aim of the current study …
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Mental Health Consequences of Unemployment: Mental Health, Somatic Symptoms, Depressive Affect and Positive Affect
… This follows for somatic symptoms, depressed affect and positive affect, but the source driving the effects differs between factors and with the CESD-10 as well. We found that those who are NEA suffer to a greater extent in positive affect than in the other two factors relative to the …
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Characterization of Reward Sensitivity, Positive Affect and Working Memory in Socially Anxious Young Adults
… reward may be a specific factor related to low positive affect (PA) and by extension social anxiety, yet no research has systematically examined this relationship. Additionally, working memory has been found to activate dopamine synthesis related to reward, however this relation has not been …
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The Influence of Running Extreme Obstacle Courses on Positive Affect, Character Strengths, and Well-Being
<p>A large body of research demonstrates the positive benefits of numerous types of physical activity. However, the outcomes of running extreme obstacle courses (EOCs) remain unexamined. The aim of the present study was to explore the influence of running EOCs on positive affect, character …
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Associations Between Benefit Finding, Disease Severity, Positive Affect, and Health Outcomes Among Patients in Cardiac Rehabilitation
… walk test results) would be mediated by positive affect, which would be moderated by disease severity (operationalized here as risk stratification for disease progression). It was also hypothesized that BF would increase over time, such that BF at the end of CR (i.e., Time 2), would be …
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Distinct dimensions of anxiety and depression: anxiety and rumination differentially predict depressed mood and low positive affect
… arousal) and depression (depressed mood and low positive affect). The present study investigated relationships among distinct anxiety dimensions, rumination, and depression dimensions using domain-specific inventories. Results indicated that anxiety dimensions of anxious apprehension and anxious …
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Functional Connectivity of Reward Networks: Characterizing Mechanistic Underpinnings Involved in Positive Affect Deficits within Social Anxiety Disorder
… lack of reactivity to pleasurable stimuli (i.e., positive affect; [PA]), particularly within social contexts. Recent neuroimaging work has shifted towards examining positively-valenced motivational systems in SAD focused on reward responses to social and nonsocial stimuli. These studies have …
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Informing the structure of subjective well-being through examining changes in life satisfaction, positive affect, and negative affect
… evaluate and experience their lives in positive ways, and encompasses global judgments of life satisfaction (LS), as well as the frequency of positive and negative affect (PA and NA, respectively) in one’s life. To inform the current ambiguity concerning the structure of SWB, the aim of …
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