Standout Papers

The role of positive emotions in positive psychology: The broaden-and-build theor... 1997 2026 2006 2016 8.9k
  1. The role of positive emotions in positive psychology: The broaden-and-build theory of positive emotions. (2001)
    Barbara L. Fredrickson American Psychologist
  2. What Good Are Positive Emotions? (1998)
    Barbara L. Fredrickson Review of General Psychology
  3. Objectification Theory: Toward Understanding Women's Lived Experiences and Mental Health Risks (1997)
    Barbara L. Fredrickson, Tomi-Ann Roberts Psychology of Women Quarterly
  4. The broaden–and–build theory of positive emotions (2004)
    Barbara L. Fredrickson Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  5. Resilient Individuals Use Positive Emotions to Bounce Back From Negative Emotional Experiences. (2004)
    Michele M. Tugade, Barbara L. Fredrickson Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
  6. Positive emotions broaden the scope of attention and thought‐action repertoires (2005)
    Barbara L. Fredrickson et al. Cognition & Emotion
  7. The role of positive emotions in positive psychology: The broaden-and-build theory of positive emotions. (2001)
    Barbara L. Fredrickson American Psychologist
  8. Positive Emotions Trigger Upward Spirals Toward Emotional Well-Being (2002)
    Barbara L. Fredrickson, Thomas E. Joiner Psychological Science
  9. What good are positive emotions in crisis? A prospective study of resilience and emotions following the terrorist attacks on the United States on September 11th, 2001. (2003)
    Barbara L. Fredrickson, Michele M. Tugade et al. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
  10. Open hearts build lives: Positive emotions, induced through loving-kindness meditation, build consequential personal resources. (2008)
    Barbara L. Fredrickson, Michael Cohn et al. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
  11. What good are positive emotions in crisis? A prospective study of resilience and emotions following the terrorist attacks on the United States on September 11th, 2001. (2003)
    Barbara L. Fredrickson, Michele M. Tugade et al. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
  12. Positive Affect and the Complex Dynamics of Human Flourishing. (2005)
    Barbara L. Fredrickson, Marcial Losada American Psychologist
  13. Psychological Resilience and Positive Emotional Granularity: Examining the Benefits of Positive Emotions on Coping and Health (2004)
    Michele M. Tugade, Barbara L. Fredrickson et al. Journal of Personality
  14. Positive Emotions Speed Recovery from the Cardiovascular Sequelae of Negative Emotions (1998)
    Barbara L. Fredrickson, Robert W. Levenson Cognition & Emotion
  15. Happiness unpacked: Positive emotions increase life satisfaction by building resilience. (2009)
    Michael Cohn, Barbara L. Fredrickson et al. Emotion
  16. When More Pain Is Preferred to Less: Adding a Better End (1993)
    Daniel Kahneman, Barbara L. Fredrickson et al. Psychological Science
  17. Response styles and the duration of episodes of depressed mood. (1993)
    Susan Nolen–Hoeksema, Jannay Morrow et al. Journal of Abnormal Psychology
  18. The Undoing Effect of Positive Emotions (2000)
    Barbara L. Fredrickson, Roberta A. Mancuso et al. Motivation and Emotion
  19. That swimsuit becomes you: Sex differences in self-objectification, restrained eating, and math performance. (1998)
    Barbara L. Fredrickson, Tomi-Ann Roberts et al. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
  20. Duration neglect in retrospective evaluations of affective episodes. (1993)
    Barbara L. Fredrickson, Daniel Kahneman Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
  21. A Mediational Model Linking Self-Objectification, Body Shame, and Disordered Eating (1998)
    Barbara L. Fredrickson et al. Psychology of Women Quarterly
  22. Upward spirals of positive emotions counter downward spirals of negativity: Insights from the broaden-and-build theory and affective neuroscience on the treatment of emotion dysfunctions and deficits in psychopathology (2010)
    Eric L. Garland, Barbara L. Fredrickson et al. Clinical Psychology Review
  23. The Value of Positive Emotions (2003)
    Barbara L. Fredrickson American Scientist
  24. Cultivating positive emotions to optimize health and well-being. (2000)
    Barbara L. Fredrickson Prevention & Treatment
  25. Regulation of Positive Emotions: Emotion Regulation Strategies that Promote Resilience (2006)
    Michele M. Tugade, Barbara L. Fredrickson Journal of Happiness Studies
  26. Mindfulness Broadens Awareness and Builds Eudaimonic Meaning: A Process Model of Mindful Positive Emotion Regulation (2015)
    Eric L. Garland, Norman A. S. Farb et al. Psychological Inquiry
  27. How Positive Emotions Build Physical Health (2013)
    Bethany E. Kok, Kimberly A. Coffey et al. Psychological Science
  28. Positive psychology in a pandemic: buffering, bolstering, and building mental health (2021)
    Lea Waters, Sara B. Algoe et al. The Journal of Positive Psychology

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When More Pain Is Preferred to Less: Adding a Better End
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Response styles and the duration of episodes of depressed mood.
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