Handbook of Positive Emotions
Edited by Michele M. Tugade, Michelle N. Shiota, and Leslie D. Kirby
Foreword by Barbara L. Fredrickson
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“Just what the doctor ordered! The Handbook of Positive Emotions showcases exciting developments in the study of positive emotions and highlights key themes of interest to affective scientists, instructors, and clinicians alike.”
—James J. Gross, PhD, Department of Psychology, Stanford University
“Handbook of Positive Emotions draws together a richly diverse set of scholarly perspectives on the contemporary science of pleasant affective states. Readers will encounter herein leading-edge theory and research that promises to challenge them to appreciate positive emotions with greater nuance and greater attunement to context and supporting values….After reading through the chapters, readers will come away with the feeling that they have examined a particular theoretical debate from nearly every possible angle. Each contributor offers the gift of making complex concepts accessible.”
—from the Foreword by Barbara L. Fredrickson, PhD, Department of Psychology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
“It has taken a long time for psychologists to understand the importance of positive emotions and to address them systematically. This state-of-the-art volume offers a well-chosen selection of theories, research, and applications. It includes discussions of specific emotions and addresses social processes and interindividual differences. Demonstrating how mature the study of positive emotions has become, this book should play an important role in consolidating future research efforts in the field. It is relevant for all students of emotion science, from undergraduates to seasoned researchers.”
—Arvid Kappas, PhD, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Jacobs University Bremen, Germany
Table of Contents
Foreword, Barbara L. FredricksonIntroduction, Michele M. Tugade, Michelle N. Shiota, and Leslie D. Kirby
I. Theoretical Foundations
1. The Differentiation of Positive Emotional Experience as Viewed through the Lens of Appraisal Theory, Craig A. Smith, Eddie M. W. Tong, and Phoebe C. Ellsworth
2. Infusing Positive Emotions into Life: The Broaden-and-Build Theory and a Dual-Process Model of Resilience, Michele M. Tugade, Hillary C. Devlin, and Barbara L. Fredrickson
3. The Evolutionary Perspective in Positive Emotion Research, Michelle N. Shiota
4. What Is a Positive Emotion?: The Psychological Construction of Pleasant Fear and Unpleasant Happiness, Paul Condon, Christine D. Wilson-Mendenhall, and Lisa Feldman Barrett
5. Personality and Positive Emotion, Kimberly M. Livingstone and Sanjay Srivastava
II. The Biology of Positive Emotion
6. Approach Motivation and Its Relationship to Positive and Negative Emotions, Eddie Harmon-Jones, Tom F. Price, Phillip Gable, and Carly K. Peterson
7. Animal Neuroscience of Positive Emotion, Jeffrey S. Burgdorf, Jaak Panksepp, and Joseph R. Moskal
8. Autonomic Nervous System Aspects of Positive Emotions, Sylvia D. Kreibig
9. Spontaneous Human Laughter, Michael J. Owren and R. Toby Amoss
10. Nonverbal Expressions of Positive Emotions, Disa A. Sauter, Nicole M. McDonald, Devon N. Gangi, and Daniel S. Messinger
III. Social Perspectives and Individual Differences
11. Positive Emotions, Social Cognition, and Intertemporal Choice, Piercarlo Valdesolo and David DeSteno
12. Positive Emotions in Close Relationships, Claire I. Yee, Gian C. Gonzaga, and Shelly L. Gable
13. Traversing Affective Boundaries: Examining Cultural Norms for Positive Emotions, Chelsea Mitamura, Janxin Leu, Belinda Campos, Chelsea Boccagno, and Michele M. Tugade
14. Vive la Différence: The Ability to Differentiate Positive Emotional Experience and Well-Being, Leslie D. Kirby, Michele M. Tugade, Jannay Morrow, Anthony H. Ahrens, and Craig A. Smith
15. Positive Emotions across the Adult Life Span, Joseph A. Mikels, Andrew E. Reed, Lauren N. Hardy, and Corinna E. Löckenhoff
IV. Select Positive Emotions
16. Finding Happiness: Tailoring Positive Activities for Optimal Well-Being Benefits, S. Katherine Nelson and Sonja Lyubomirsky
17. Pride: The Fundamental Emotion of Success, Power, and Status, Jessica L. Tracy, Aaron C. Weidman, Joey T. Cheng, and Jason P. Martens
18. Romantic Love, Lisa M. Diamond
19. Compassion, Jennifer E. Stellar and Dacher Keltner
20. Gratitude, Anthony H. Ahrens and Courtney N. Forbes
21. Transcending the Self: Awe, Elevation, and Inspiration, Michelle N. Shiota, Todd M. Thrash, Alexander F. Danvers, and John T. Dombrowski
22. The Challenge of Challenge: Pursuing Determination as an Emotion, Leslie D. Kirby, Jannay Morrow, and Jennifer Yih
23. Hope Theory, Jennifer S. Cheavens and Lorie A. Ritschel
V. Outcomes of Positive Emotions
24. Health Psychology: The Importance of Positive Affect, Judith Tedlie Moskowitz and Laura R. Saslow
25. Positive Emotion Disturbance across Clinical Disorders, June Gruber, Sunny J. Dutra, Aleena C. Hay, and Hillary C. Devlin
26. Positive Emotions in Organizations, Stéphane Côté
27. Positive Emotions in Marketing and Social Influence, Samantha L. Neufeld and Vladas Griskevicius
Conclusions and Future Directions, Leslie D. Kirby, Michele M. Tugade, and Michelle N. Shiota
About the Editors
Michele M. Tugade, PhD, is Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology at Vassar College, where she directs the Emotions and Psychophysiology Laboratory. Her research focuses on the function of positive emotions in the coping process, the mechanisms that promote resilience in the face of stress and adversity, and emotion-related processes associated with health and well-being. Dr. Tugade received a Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award from the National Institute of Mental Health and is an elected member of the International Society for Research on Emotions.Michelle N. Shiota, PhD, is Associate Professor of Psychology at Arizona State University, where she directs the Shiota Psychophysiology Lab for Affective Testing. Her research and publications focus on positive emotion, positive reappraisal, aging and emotion, and emotion in close relationships. Dr. Shiota is an associate editor of the American Psychological Association journal Emotion and coauthor of the textbook Emotion. She is an elected member of the Society for Experimental Social Psychology.
Leslie D. Kirby, PhD, is Research Assistant Professor and Senior Lecturer in Psychology at Vanderbilt University, where she codirects the Discrete Emotions and Appraisal Lab. Her research focuses on human emotions from the perspective of appraisal theory, with a particular interest in the differential motivational functions served by various positive emotions. Dr. Kirby received a Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award from the National Institute of Mental Health and is an elected member of the International Society for Research on Emotions.
Contributors
Anthony H. Ahrens, PhD, Department of Psychology, American University, Washington, DCR. Toby Amoss, PhD, Department of Psychology, Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia
Lisa Feldman Barrett, PhD, Department of Psychology, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts
Chelsea Boccagno, BA, Department of Psychology, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, New York
Jeffrey S. Burgdorf, PhD, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois
Belinda Campos, PhD, Department of Chicano/Latino Studies, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, California
Jennifer S. Cheavens, PhD, Department of Psychology, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
Joey T. Cheng, PhD, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Paul Condon, MA, Department of Psychology, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts
Stéphane Côté, PhD, Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Alexander F. Danvers, BA, Department of Psychology, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona
David DeSteno, PhD, Department of Psychology, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts
Hillary C. Devlin, BA, Department of Psychology, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut
Lisa M. Diamond, PhD, Department of Psychology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah
John T. Dombrowski, MA, Department of Psychology, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia
Sunny J. Dutra, MS, MPhil, Department of Psychology, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut
Phoebe C. Ellsworth, PhD, Department of Psychology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Courtney N. Forbes, BA, Teach for America, New York, New York
Barbara L. Fredrickson, PhD, Department of Psychology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Philip A. Gable, PhD, Department of Psychology, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama
Shelly L. Gable, PhD, Department of Psychology, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California
Devon N. Gangi, BA, Department of Psychology, University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida
Gian C. Gonzaga, PhD, Gestalt Research, Santa Monica, California
Vladas Griskevicius, PhD, Department of Marketing, Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota
June Gruber, PhD, Department of Psychology, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut
Lauren N. Hardy, MA, Department of Psychology, DePaul University, Chicago, Illinois
Eddie Harmon-Jones, PhD, School of Psychology, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
Aleena C. Hay, MS, Department of Psychology, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut
Dacher Keltner, PhD, Department of Psychology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California
Leslie D. Kirby, PhD, Department of Psychology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee
Sylvia D. Kreibig, PhD, Department of Psychology, Stanford University, Stanford, California
Janxin Leu, PhD, Department of Psychology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
Kimberly M. Livingstone, PhD, Department of Psychology, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts
Corinna E. Löckenhoff, PhD, Department of Human Development, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York
Sonja Lyubomirsky, PhD, Department of Psychology, University of California, Riverside, Riverside, California
Jason P. Martens, MA, Department of Psychology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Nicole M. McDonald, PhD, Child Study Center, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut
Daniel S. Messinger, PhD, Departments of Psychology and Pediatrics, University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida
Joseph A. Mikels, PhD, Department of Psychology, DePaul University, Chicago, Illinois
Chelsea Mitamura, MS, Department of Psychology, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, Wisconsin
Jannay Morrow, PhD, Department of Psychology, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, New York
Joseph R. Moskal, PhD, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois
Judith Tedlie Moskowitz, PhD, MPH, Osher Center for Integrative Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California
S. Katherine Nelson, MA, Department of Psychology, University of California, Riverside, Riverside, California
Samantha L. Neufeld, PhD, Department of Psychology, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona
Michael J. Owren, PhD, Department of Psychology, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia
Jaak Panksepp, PhD, Department of Veterinary and Comparative Anatomy, College of Veterinary Medicine, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington
Carly K. Peterson, PhD, Minneapolis VA Health Care System, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Tom F. Price, PhD, School of Psychology, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
Andrew E. Reed, PhD, Department of Psychology, Stanford University, Stanford, California
Lorie A. Ritschel, PhD, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia
Laura R. Saslow, PhD, Osher Center for Integrative Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California
Disa A. Sauter, PhD, Social Psychology Program, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Michelle N. Shiota, PhD, Department of Psychology, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona
Craig A. Smith, PhD, Department of Psychology and Human Development, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee
Sanjay Srivastava, PhD, Department of Psychology, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon
Jennifer E. Stellar, PhD, Department of Psychology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California
Todd M. Thrash, PhD, Department of Psychology, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia
Eddie M. W. Tong, PhD, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, National University of Singapore, Singapore
Jessica L. Tracy, PhD, Department of Psychology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Michele M. Tugade, PhD, Department of Psychology, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, New York
Piercarlo Valdesolo, PhD, Department of Psychology, Claremont McKenna College, Claremont, California
Aaron C. Weidman, MA, Department of Psychology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Christine D. Wilson-Mendenhall, PhD, Department of Psychology, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts
Claire I. Yee, BA, Department of Psychology, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona
Jennifer Yih, MS, Department of Psychology and Human Development, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee