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Showing 1 to 20 of 164 for “"positive emotions"”.
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The effects of positive emotions on eyewitness memory
… of this study was to explore the effects of positive emotions on eyewitness memory. Though little research has been done investigating this question, it has serious implications within the criminal justice system, towards our understanding of emotions, and in creating a fuller comprehension …
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An exploration into positive emotions following bereavement – relief and guilt
The possible presence of positive emotions within the bereavement experience is rarely acknowledged by either bereavement literature and research, and the wider socio-cultural context of the western world. This situation raises issues relating to the deemed appropriateness or otherwise of such …
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The role of reactance and positive emotions in persuasive health messages: refining the theory of psychological reactance and the politeness theory and testing the theories of positive emotions
… reactance as a function of threats to positive identity above and beyond threats to freedom and 2) by examining the role of positive emotions. An online survey recruited 478 students from undergraduate courses at several universities in the U.S. The study included a 2 (high threat to …
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Positive Emotions and Immune Respose to Influenza in Medically Stable Older Adults
… from psychoneuroimmunology suggests that emotions influence the immune system and may alter susceptibility to infectious diseases, like influenza. The purpose of this investigation was to evaluate the influence of psychological factors, health behaviors, circulating levels of …
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Reduction of fear arousal in young adults with speech anxiety through elicitation of positive emotions
… Fredrickson's Broaden-and-build theory of positive emotions in a speech anxious sample of undergraduate students. Experimental elicitation of positive emotions has previously been shown to speed cardiovascular recovery, increase attention, and broaden thought-action repertoires compared to …
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The Role of Positive Emotions in Facilitating the Regulation of Emotion in Response to Negative Stressors
The consequences of negative emotions on mental and physical health can be harmful, especially if action is not taken to reduce the strength, duration or frequency of their occurrence. Positive emotions have been shown to be effective in regulating the subjective and physiological experience of …
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Experience and Regulation of Positive Emotions as Predictors of Anxiety and Depression in Adolescents and Children
… disorders can be differentiated by two factors, positive affect (PA) and physiological hyperarousal (PH), in which low PA is unique to depression and PH is specific to anxiety. However, little is known about how specific positive emotions or their various facets may be related to depression and …
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Experimentally-Induced Savoring and its Impact on Positive Emotions, Cognitions, and Behaviors: Investigating Individual Differences in Effectiveness
By broadening cognitions and actions, positive affect increases our ability to engage in novel behaviors and build resources, which can lead to better social relationships, better health, more success, and increased resilience (Fredrickson, 2001). Thus, finding ways to increase and maintain …
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THE IMPACT OF POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGICAL CAPACITIES AND POSITIVE EMOTIONS OF FRONTLINE EMPLOYEES ON CUSTOMER PERCEPTIONS OF SERVICE RECOVERY
… have looked at the favorable influence positive psychological capacities (optimism, hope, self-efficacy, and resilience) have on employee performance, this literature has not yet been used to shed light on how such capacities in frontline service employees might impact service recovery. …
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Is self-worth related to affective social competence with positive emotions in children diagnosed with Oppositional Defiant Disorder?
… to effectively express, identify, and manage emotions when interacting with others (Halberstadt, Denham, & Dunsmore, 2001). Children diagnosed with Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD) are likely to have poorer social competence (Burns et al., 2009). ODD is a commonly diagnosed, disruptive …
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Psychosocial Adjustment of Adolescent Cancer Survivors: Time Perspective and Positive Emotions as Mediators to Quality of Life and Benefit Finding
… on finding significant predictors to their positive adjustment and psychosocial functioning. The author examined adolescent cancer survivors (n = 50; diagnosis age = 10 – 21; 2 – 10 years post-diagnosis) to test the mediation effects of positive emotionns (satisfaction with life, subjective …
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Altruism and the role of affect: an investigation into the causal effects of positive emotions and its rationality on altruism
… of behaviour modification: the impact of emotions on pro-social preferences. The results show that positive emotions causes an increase in individual altruism and do not imply irrationality according to standard axiomatic frameworks in economics. This contrasts with the view of earlier …
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Behaviorally Disruptive Children's Reasoning About the Emotional Consequences of Victimization
… self-as-victimizer condition attributed fewer positive emotions and gave more moral rationales than did children in the hypothetical condition who attributed more positive emotions and gave fewer moral rationales. Children also required more probe questioning to attribute negative emotions in …
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Neural Correlates of Stress Recovery in a Positive Emotional Context
Despite accruing evidence showing that positive emotions facilitate stress recovery, the neural basis for this effect remains unclear. To identify the mechanism underlying the beneficial effects from positive emotions on stress recovery, we compared stress recovery for people reflecting on a …
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Genuine, Independent, Holistic, and Appropriate: Four Considerations for the Optimization of Positive Interventions
… do so. As a relatively new field of psychology, positive psychology offers a host of research and positive interventions aimed at increasing positive emotions to improve well-being. But these interventions must be applied with care. Valuing, pursuing, and expressing happiness have each been …
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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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Emotional disturbance in schools : a qualitative case study exploring best practices for serving students with severe social and emotional needs.
… that impacts their ability to manage their emotions and behavior (Reddy et al., 2009). Research also shows that students with an ED can exhibit dangerous behaviors and fail to succeed in their transition to adulthood (Cullinan et al., 2023; Lambert et al., 2021). While some research exists …
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