Positive emotions broaden the scope of attention and thought‐action repertoires

By Barbara L. Fredrickson, C. Branigan. Cognition & Emotion, 2005

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Subfields: Applied Psychology, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Literature and Literary Theory

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Organizational pride and its positive effects on employee behavior (2011, background): “According to Broaden-and-Built Theory (Fredrickson, 1998), pride emotions – like positive emotions – broaden the scope of attention and the short-action repertoires (Fredrickson and Branigan, 2005).”
Positive affect and the complex dynamics of human flourishing. (2005, background): “Within individuals, people induced to feel positive emotions, as noted earlier, report wider arrays of action urges in the moment (Fredrickson & Branigan, 2005), which would make predicting their behavior more difficult.”
Measuring Teachers’ enjoyment, anger, and anxiety: The Teacher Emotions Scales (TES) (2016, background): “…upon general psychological insights into the effects of human emotions on behavior (such as, from positive psychology and mood research, see e.g. Fredrickson & Branigan, 2005; Isen, 2008; Mitchell & Phillips, 2007), and on corresponding frequently mentioned claims that teacher emotions are…”
Building a Sustainable Model of Human Energy in Organizations: Exploring the Critical Role of Resources (2012, background): “Furthermore, positive activating moods increase creativity through enhanced cognitive flexibility Non-organizational Fredrickson and Branigan (2005) Lab experiments Undergraduates Attention and thought–action repertoires were compared across emotional experiences and found to be broader in positive…”
Approach-Motivated Positive Affect Reduces Breadth of Attention (2008, methodology): “5In past research that found positive affect (low approach) caused broadening, self-reported positive affect was not correlated with broadening within conditions (Fredrickson & Brannigan, 2005; Rowe et al., 2006).”
Reactive Adjustment or Proactive Embedding? Multistudy, Multiwave Evidence for Dual Pathways to Expatriate Retention (2014, background): “Accordingly, we contend that many expatriates are proactive in acquiring knowledge about the host country, in making contact with others, and in characterizing their experience in affirming ways (Fredrickson & Branigan, 2005).”
Does Happiness Promote Career Success? Revisiting the Evidence (2018, background): “…a greater preference to go outdoors or experience nature (e.g., pick flowers, sit on the beach), engage in exercise or sports (e.g., swim, rollerblade), play (e.g., jump around, have fun), and be social (e.g., visit friends) than neutral or negative affect inductions (Fredrickson & Branigan, 2005).”
What good are positive emotions in crises? A prospective study of resilience and emotions following the terrorist attacks on the United States on September 11th, 2001. (2003, background): “[33] Fredrickson BL, Branigan CA. Positive emotions broaden the scope of attention and thought-action repertoires.”