Positive affectivity: The disposition to experience pleasurable emotional states

By D. Watson. 2002

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An application of item response theory to psychological test development (2016, unknown): “Conversely, those persons with high levels of negative affect experience repeated episodes of intense displeasure (Watson, 2005).”
Explaining Vigor: On the Antecedents and Consequences of Vigor as a Positive Affect at Work (2007, background): “Vigor, like most other positive affects, facilitates goal-directed behavior (Carver and Scheier, 1990) or approach behavior (Fredrickson, 2002; Watson, 2002) and therefore could be expected to prompt individuals to engage with their job and work environment.”
TOWARD A THEORY OF ETHICAL AND SPIRITUAL WELL-BEING, AND CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY THROUGH SPIRITUAL LEADERSHIP (2005, background): “…of such mental/psychological indicators as positive affect, frustration, stress, and anxiety as they impact such physiological indicators as blood pressure, heart condition, and general physical health (Dana & Griffin, 1999; Kaczorowski, 1989; Quick, Nelson, & Hurrell, 1997; Watson, 2001).”
Positive Psychology and Positive Education: Old Wine in New Bottles? (2012, background): “In general, greater emphasis must be placed on learning by doing, Deweyan style, as more gratification and less proneness to mind-wandering tends to be obtained through physical activities than mere thinking (Watson, 2005).”
The Negative Side of Positive Psychology (2004, background): “For example, in the Handbook, Carver and Scheier (2002) and Watson (2002) speak of the possibility of changing those with negative temperaments (whether caused by genes,early environment, or both).”
Personality Change: Implications for Organizational Behavior (2018, background): “The focus of positive psychology tends to be on doing rather than thinkingor talking as away to enact personality change (Watson, 2002).”
Appreciation: individual differences in finding value and meaning as a unique predictor of subjective well-being. (2005, background): “Watson (2002) reviewed evidence regarding independence and concluded that there is little correlation between positive and negative affect.”
Integrating positive psychology into schools: Implications for practice (2004, background): “Stable individual differences in the experience of positive emotions are described as positive affectivity (Watson, 2002).”
Burnout and engagement: A South African perspective (2003, background): “These constructs include resilience (Masten & Reed, 2002), flow (Nakamura & Csikszentmihalyi, 2002), positive affectivity (Watson, 2002), coping strategies (Stanton, Parsa & Austenfeld, 2002) and emotional intelligence (Salovey, Mayer & Caruso, 2002).”
Validation of the Gratitude Questionnaire (GQ) in Taiwanese Undergraduate Students (2009, unknown): “2008), and positive affectivity (Watson 2002).”
Extending the expanded model of organizational identification to occupations (2013, background): “Individuals predisposed to positive affective states are more inclined to perceive social objects—presumably including occupations—in a positive or optimistic light (Watson, 2002).”
Vigor as a Positive Affect at Work: Conceptualizing Vigor, Its Relations with Related Constructs, and Its Antecedents and Consequences (2011, background): “Still, it is quite possible that there are innate, genotypic differences that antecede phenotypic variations in vigor (Watson, 2002).”