Barbara L. Fredrickson

91.9k citations
199 papers · 59.5k indexed · 29 hit papers · h-index 80

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Papers in

    • Behavioral Health and Interventions 28
    • Optimism, Hope, and Well-being 26
    • Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction 71
    • Cultural Differences and Values 16
    • Emotions and Moral Behavior 14

Barbara L. Fredrickson

187 papers receiving 54.9k citations

Hit Papers

Positive psychology in a pandemic: buffering, bolstering, and building mental health 2021 · 245 citations
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Barbara L. Fredrickson
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  • Applied Psychology 9.8k
  • Social Psychology 26.6k
  • Clinical Psychology 24.5k
  • Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 12.9k
  • Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology 1.1k
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All Works

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How Positive Emotions Build Physical Health
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Open hearts build lives: Positive emotions, induced through loving-kindness meditation, build consequential personal resources.
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20081508
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Beyond the moment, beyond the self: Shared ground between selective investment theory and the broaden-and-build theory of positive emotions
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Positive emotions broaden thought-action repertoires: Evidence for the broaden-and-build model
20056
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Resilient Individuals Use Positive Emotions to Bounce Back From Negative Emotional Experiences.
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20042561
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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.
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20031456
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The role of positive emotions in positive psychology: The broaden-and-build theory of positive emotions.
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20019563

About Barbara L. Fredrickson

Barbara L. Fredrickson is a scholar working on Applied Psychology, Social Psychology, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Clinical Psychology and Health, having authored 199 papers that have together received 59.5k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction (71 papers), Mental Health Research Topics (30 papers), Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions (30 papers), Behavioral Health and Interventions (28 papers), Optimism, Hope, and Well-being (26 papers), Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes (19 papers), Cultural Differences and Values (16 papers) and Emotions and Moral Behavior (14 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Applied Psychology (9.8k citations), Social Psychology (26.6k citations), Clinical Psychology (24.5k citations), Experimental and Cognitive Psychology (12.9k citations) and Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology (1.1k citations). Barbara L. Fredrickson has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Canada and Germany. Frequent co-authors include Michele M. Tugade, Tomi-Ann Roberts, Christian E. Waugh, Thomas E. Joiner, Gregory R. Samanez‐Larkin, Marcial Losada, Michael Cohn, Daniel Kahneman, Robert W. Levenson and Kimberly A. Coffey. Their work appears in journals such as Emotion, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Mindfulness, The Journal of Positive Psychology and Cognition & Emotion.

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