The benefits of frequent positive affect: does happiness lead to success?

By Sonja Lyubomirsky, L. King, E. Diener. Psychological bulletin, 2005

7,172 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Applied Psychology, Clinical Psychology, Social Psychology

View Paper: https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/af87324d562f207e8e4954744a93d153b35cf132

How researchers see this paper

The researchers whose trusted networks rank it highest, strongest advocate first. Every researcher gets a different order.

In Applied Psychology

In Clinical Psychology

In Social Psychology

Citations in the corpus

How Authentic Leadership Promotes Individual Creativity: The Mediating Role of Affective Commitment (2020, background): “Lyubomirsky, King, and Diener (2005) mention various studies that indicate happiness and positive affect positively influence creativity, flexible thinking, and originality.”
Beyond Math Anxiety: Positive Emotions Predict Mathematics Achievement, Self-Regulation, and Self-Efficacy (2016, background): “Thus, in line with the general thrust of positive education, for the present study we draw mainly from the theoretical assumptions of broaden-and-build theory (Fredrickson 2001) and positive psychology theories of positive affective states (Lyubomirsky et al. 2005), but draw from other theories of a”
Psychological Capital: An Evidence-Based Positive Approach (2017, result): “This evidence is consistent with the extensive longitudinal and experimental support for positivity as an antecedent that causes success in numerous life domains, which goes against conventional wisdom that perhaps success is what causes positivity (Lyubomirsky et al. 2005).”
Most People are Pretty Happy, but There is Cultural Variation: The Inughuit, The Amish, and The Maasai (2005, background): “positive emotions in many situations are beneficial to successful functioning (see also Fredrickson, 1998; Lyubomirsky et al., 2005 ) is consistent with an evolutionary argument, but also with socialization and basic need fulfilment explanations as well.”
Positive predictors of teacher effectiveness (2009, neutral): “Given the relative predictive strength of life satisfaction in the present research, it would be interesting to explore the contributions of affective well-being, which predicts performance across a wide range of professionals, as well (Lyubomirsky et al., 2005).”
Happy People Live Longer: Subjective Well-Being Contributes to Health and Longevity (2011, background): “Lyubomirsky, King, and Diener (2005) found an effect size of .38 between experimentally induced positive affect and physical outcomes such as immune function and cardiovascular reactivity.”
Driven to Work and Enjoyment of Work (2012, background): “…documents the benefits of positive affect and suggests that it leads individuals to possess higher levels of motivation, establish more and better interpersonal relationships, exhibit prosocial behavior (e.g., helping others, mentoring), engage in more creative thinking, and utilize more adaptive…”
Beyond the hedonic treadmill: revising the adaptation theory of well-being. (2006, background): “Lyubomirsky, King, & Diener (2005) showed that positive moods facilitate a variety of approach behaviors and positive outcomes.”
Sensemaking and emotion in organizations (2013, background): “We argue these experiences will lead people to want to share their thoughts and feelings and thus engage in sensemaking in a more social, cooperative manner (Fredrickson, Tugade, Waugh, & Larkin, 2003; Lyubomirsky et al., 2005).”