Positivity: Groundbreaking Research Reveals How to Embrace the Hidden Strength of Positive Emotions, Overcome Negativity, and Thrive

By Barbara L. Fredrickson. 2009

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Toward a Dual-Systems Model of What Makes Life Worth Living (2013, background): “For example, if one is interested in enhancing subjective wellbeing, then a high level of positivity is preferred (Fredrickson, 2009).”
Hedonic Adaptation to Positive and Negative Experiences (2010, background): “…of research that may also shed light on the “bad is stronger than good” phenomenon is exploring the positivity (good-to-bad) ratios that distinguish fl ourishing individuals, couples, and groups; such ratios generally range from 3-to-1 to 5-to-1 (Fredrickson, 2009 ; Fredrickson & Losada, 2005 ).”
Relations between student teachers' basic needs fulfillment and their teaching behavior (2016, background): “Based on positive psychology (Seligman & Csikszentmihalyi, 2000; Fredrickson, 2009), core reflection focuses on (student) teachers' personal qualities, ideals and values, and puts much attention on success experiences and the positive aspects already present in their behavior.”
Find, Remind, and Bind: The Functions of Gratitude in Everyday Relationships (2012, background): “Moreover, as Fredrickson (1998, 2001, 2009) theorizes, positive emotions facilitate long-term strategies for success, and provide opportunities for growth.”
Fear of COVID-19 and Positivity: Mediating Role of Intolerance of Uncertainty, Depression, Anxiety, and Stress (2020, background): “Fredrickson (2009) stated that positivity made individuals feel good, changed the way the mind worked, transformed the future, and restrained negativity.”
Taking a “Peak” at Leisure Travelers’ Positive Emotions (2012, background): “…has pioneered rigorous daily measurement of emotions (Cohn et al., 2009) and within-individual analyses of day-to-day development (e.g., Cohn et al., 2009; Fredrickson, 2009), few programs that reliably boost positive emotions have been identified (for an exception, see Fredrickson et al., 2008).”
Generalizing the core design principles for the efficacy of groups (2013, background): “…anxiety are important motivators for escaping harmful situations over the short term, but learning over the long term, in addition to positive personal and social development, requires a feeling of safety and security that is especially lacking in the lives of at-risk students (Frederickson, 2009).”
Positive Psychology and Positive Education: Old Wine in New Bottles? (2012, background): “Fredrickson (2009) recently wrote a book in support of this rather remarkable claim.”
Inconvenient truths about teacher learning: towards professional development 3.0 (2016, background): “The more a teacher’s core qualities influence her professional role and behaviour, the more positive emotions will evolve in the teacher and the more effective the teacher will be (Boniwell, 2012; Fredrickson, 2009).”
Building a Sustainable Model of Human Energy in Organizations: Exploring the Critical Role of Resources (2012, background): “The breadth of a person’s repertoire of thoughts and actions is likely to influence whether a schema changes, how expansive that schema is, and whether additional schemata will be considered (Fredrickson, 2009).”
Entrepreneurs' dispositional positive affect: The potential benefits – and potential costs – of being “up” (2012, background): “Implications based on these findings have often been described in the popular press and the practitioner literature (Fredrickson, 2009; Hess and Cameron, 2006; Lyubomirsky, 2008; Seligman, 2002) so that at present, belief in the benefits of being “positive” or “upbeat” is strong.”
New Look at Social Support: A Theoretical Perspective on Thriving through Relationships (2014, background): “Thus, through the provision of SOS support, significant others assist in restoring and sustaining a positive affective balance (Fredrickson, 2009; Ryff & Singer, 2000).”
The Varieties of Self-Transcendent Experience (2017, background): “Self-transcendent positive emotions, flow, and awe are promoted as avenues to increased well-being (Fredrickson, 2009; Keltner, 2009; Seligman, 2011).”
Motivation and the Goal Theory of Current Concerns (2011, background): “Extensive evidence has also linked emotions to a wide range of neurohumoral states and immune function (e.g., Fredrickson, 2009; Lewis, HavilandJones, & Barrett, 2008).”