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Positive emotion : integrating the light sides and dark sides /

"There has been an explosion of interest on happiness and positive emotion in both the scientific literature and the popular press. While positive emotion is generally considered a source of good outcomes, recent scientific work in psychology has highlighted the ways in which positive emotion f...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Gruber, June (Editor ), Moskowitz, Judith Tedlie (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Oxford University Press, 2014.
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  • Cover; POSITIVE EMOTION; Copyright; TABLE OF CONTENTS; Contributors; PART 1 INTRODUCTION; 1. Seeing it All: The Light and Dark Sides of Positive Emotion; PART 2 UNPACKING RECENT DISCOVERIES IN POSITIVE EMOTION; 2. The Psychological Construction of Positive Emotion as a Window Into Well-Being; 3. Origins and Functions of Positive Affect: A Goal Regulation Perspective; 4. Shared and Differentiating Features of the Positive Emotion Domain; 5. The Role of Positive Affect on Thinking and Decision-Making: A Tribute to Alice Isen.
  • 6. Another Little Piece of My Heart: Positive Emotions and the Autonomic Nervous System7. Positive Emotion and the Brain: The Neuroscience of Happiness; 8. Understanding the Neurobiology of Core Positive Emotions through Animal models: Affective and Clinical Implications; 9. Genetic and Environmental Infl uences on Positive Emotionality; PART 3 THE LIGHT SIDE: WHEN AND WHY ARE POSITIVE EMOTIONS GOOD FOR US?; 10. The Dark and Light Sides of Humor: An Emotion Regulation Perspective; 11. Positive Affect: A Pathway to Better Physical Health.
  • 12. How Positive Social Emotions Motivate Actions for the Future Self: Building Bonds, Attaining Ambitions, and Establishing Esteem13. Positive Affect and Adolescent Development: Emerging Levels of Understanding and Clinical Implications; 14. Older and happier? Age-related effects on positive emotion; 15. Positive Emotions in the Aftermath of Loss; PART 4 THE DARK SIDE: WHEN POSITIVE EMOTION GOES WRONG; 16. The Value of Positive Emotion: Philosophical Doubts and Reassurances.
  • 17. On the Downside of Feeling Good: Evidence for the Motivational, Cognitive and Behavioral Disadvantages of Positive Affect18. Turning the Tables: How We React to Others' Happiness; 19. The Cultural Shaping of Happiness: The Role of Ideal Affect; 20. The Paradoxical Effects of Pursuing Positive Emotion: When and Why Wanting to Feel Happy Backfires; 21. Positive Urgency and Negative Outcomes: The Dispositional Tendency to Rash Action During Positive Emotional States; 22. Positive Affect Systems in Depression: The Road Less Traveled.
  • 23. Positive Emotion Disturbance in Bipolar Disorder across the Lifespan24. Positive Emotion: The Sirens' Song of Substance Use and the Trojan Horse for Recovery from Addiction; PART 5 JUST RIGHT: CULTIVATING HEALTHY POSITIVE EMOTION; 25. The How, Why, What, When, and Who of Happiness: Mechanisms Underlying the Success of Positive Activity Interventions; 26. Mindfulness and Balanced Positive Emotion; 27. Positive Affect Interventions to Reduce Stress: Harnessing the Benefit While Avoiding the Pollyanna; PART 6 CONCLUSIONS.