Unpacking positive emotions: Investigating the seeds of human flourishing

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Music practice and participation for psychological well-being: A review of how music influences positive emotion, engagement, relationships, meaning, and accomplishment (2015, background): “Positive emotions have been considered by scholars to constitute an important element of psychological well-being – with Fredrickson (2006) for instance proposing that “pleasant affective states appear to be critical ingredients within the recipe for human flourishing” (p. 57) – and several recent…”
The impact of Gacaca tribunals in Rwanda: Psychosocial effects of participation in a truth and reconciliation process after a genocide (2011, background): “…that the mere presence of others decreases reactions to stress (e.g., Kissel, 1965), that social support has positive effects on health and well‐being (e.g., Stroebe & Stroebe, 1996), and that affect is more positive when interacting with others that when being alone (e.g., Fredrickson, 2006).”
Human Thriving: A Conceptual Debate and Literature Review (2017, background): “Additionally, it is noted that flourishing focuses predominantly on psychosocial and emotional well-being (see Fredrickson, 2006; Fredrickson & Losada, 2005), whereas thriving typically encapsulates both an individual’s mental health and his or her physical state (see Epel, McEwen, & Ickovics,…”