The broaden-and-build theory of positive emotions.

By Barbara L. Fredrickson. Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences, 2004

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Subfields: Applied Psychology, Social Psychology

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Emotion Socialization in Cross-Cultural Perspective (2011, background): “However, it has become clear that positive emotions are essential to protecting against stress and promoting health and competence (Frederickson, 2004).”
Personal resilience as a strategy for surviving and thriving in the face of workplace adversity: a literature review. (2007, background): “in this way concurs with Tugade and Fredrickson (2004) in identifying positive emotions as important.”
University student and lecturer perceptions of positive emotions in learning (2015, background): “Positive emotions have received less attention than negative emotions in educational research, with the exception of the broader benefits of positive emotions to learning (Fredrickson, 2004), and to general well-being, as evidenced by the work of Seligman on authentic happiness (Seligman, 2002).”
Emotion as the amplifier and the primary motive: Some theories of emotion with relevance to language learning (2015, background): “Negative emotions— “the firefighting emotions” (Seligman, 2011, p. 66)—narrow the individual’s response options to survival behaviors (Frederickson, 2001, 2003, 2004).”
Positive Technology: Using Interactive Technologies to Promote Positive Functioning (2012, positive): “27 The eudaimonic level: Using technology to promote engagement and self-empowerment As we have seen, the ﬁrst level of Positive Technology—the hedonic one—is concerned with the use of technologies to induce positive and pleasant experiences.”
Does Emotion Directly Tune the Scope of Attention? (2013, background): “The idea that positive and negative affective feelings broaden or narrow the scope of attention is now an important element of many affect-cognition theories (Derryberry & Tucker, 1994; Fredrickson, 2004; Friedman & Förster, 2010; Isen, 2008; Schwarz & Clore, 2007).”
Impact of experience on emotional well-being and loyalty (2018, background): “The fortification of positive emotions over time leads to an ability to quickly bounce back emotionally from negative occurrences, experience even more positive emotions, and ultimately increase one’s EWB (Fredrickson, 2004).”
Positive Emotions Broaden and Build (2012, background): “…among these various forms of the broaden effect await further investigation, the broadenand-build theory posits that the function of the expansive form of positive emotions is to spur the development of resources, placing people on positive trajectories of growth (Fredrickson, 1998, 2001, 2005).”
Stress, resilience and leisure coping among university students: applying the broaden-and-build theory (2017, positive): “The positive affect subscale from the Positive and Negative Affectivity Schedule (Tugade & Fredrickson, 2004) assessed positive emotion.”
Positive Reappraisal Mediates the Stress-Reductive Effects of Mindfulness: An Upward Spiral Process (2011, background): “…benefit-finding) is associated with reduced distress and improved mental health outcomes (Helgeson et al. 2006) and also appears to impact physiological parameters associated with stress (Bower et al. 2008; Carrico et al. 2006; Cruess et al. 2000; McGregor et al. 2004; Tugade and Fredrickson 2004).”