Positive Emotion

Zusatztext This book is a captivating look at the light and dark sides of positive emotions. It addresses the topic of positive emotion fairly comprehensively and provides therapeutic applications as well. Informationen zum Autor June Gruber is Assistant Professor of Psychology at Yale University.Judith Tedlie Moskowitz is Professor in Residence, Osher Center for Integrative Medicine, University of California, San Francisco. Klappentext Everyone cares about positive emotion and what makes us happy. But do we really know both sides of the story about our most treasured feelings? This comprehensive volume provides the first account of the light and the dark sides of positive emotion, and how they can help us and sometimes even hurt us. Zusammenfassung There has been an explosion of interest on happiness and positive emotion in both the scientific literature and the popular press. While positive emotion is generally considered a source of good outcomes, recent scientific work in psychology has highlighted the ways in which positive emotion facilitates the pursuit of important goals, contributes to vital social bonds, broadens our scope of attention, and increases psychological and physical well-being. But this wave of interest in positive psychology has to date neglected another important possibility regarding positive emotion--that it may, under certain conditions, be maladaptive. Here, Gruber and Moskowitz propose that the field is now ripe to consider the costs, and not just the benefits, of positive emotion. This book offers the first comprehensive exploration of this phenomenon. It offers a comprehensive summary of current theoretical and empirical work on positive emotion and provides empirical examples of the 'light side' or adaptive benefits of positive emotion according to the degree, context (health, social relationships, coping), and type of adaptive outcome. It also provides empirical examples of the 'dark side' or maladaptive aspects of positive emotion organized according to the degree, context, type and reasons for pursuing positive emotion in healthy and clinical populations. It discusses therapeutic applications regarding how to cultivate and foster healthy positive emotion, and suggests future research to better understand the nature of positive emotion. Inhaltsverzeichnis Table of Contents Part I. Introduction Chapter 1. Seeing it All: The Light and Dark Sides of Positive Emotion June Gruber, Hillary C. Devlin, and Judith Moskowitz Part II. Unpacking Recent Discoveries in Positive Emotion Chapter 2. The Psychological Construction of Positive Emotion as a Window Into Well-Being Paul Condon, Christine Wilson-Mendenhall and Lisa Feldman Barrett Chapter 3. Origins and Functions of Positive Affect: A Goal Regulation Perspective Charles Carver, Michael F. Scheier, and Sheri L. Johnson Chapter 4. Shared and Differentiating Features of the Positive Emotion Domain Belinda Campos and Dacher Keltner Chapter 5. The Role of Positive Affect on Thinking and Decision-Making: A Tribute to Alice Isen Judith Moskowitz, Margaret S. Clark, Anthony Ong, and June Gruber Chapter 6. Another Little Piece of My Heart: Positive Emotions and the Autonomic Nervous System Michelle N. Shiota and Alexander F. Danvers Chapter 7. Positive Emotion and the Brain: The Neuroscience of Happiness. Tabitha Kirkland, Vincent Y. Man, and William A. Cunningham Part III. The Light Side: When and Why Are Positive Emotions Good for Us? Chapter 8. Understanding the Neurobiology of Core Positive Emotions through Animal models: Affective and Clinical Implications Jaak Panksepp Chapter 9. Genetic and Environmental Influences on Positive Emotionality Ragnhild Bang Nes Chapter 10. The Dark and Light Sides of Humor: An Emotion Regulation Perspective Andrea C. Samson and James J. Gross Chapter 11. Positive Affect: A Pat...

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June Gruber is Assistant Professor of Psychology at Yale University. Judith Tedlie Moskowitz is Professor in Residence, Osher Center for Integrative Medicine, University of California, San Francisco.

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Everyone cares about positive emotion and what makes us happy. But do we really know both sides of the story about our most treasured feelings? This comprehensive volume provides the first account of the light and the dark sides of positive emotion, and how they can help us and sometimes even hurt us.

Résumé
There has been an explosion of interest on happiness and positive emotion in both the scientific literature and the popular press. While positive emotion is generally considered a source of good outcomes, recent scientific work in psychology has highlighted the ways in which positive emotion facilitates the pursuit of important goals, contributes to vital social bonds, broadens our scope of attention, and increases psychological and physical well-being. But this wave of interest in positive psychology has to date neglected another important possibility regarding positive emotion--that it may, under certain conditions, be maladaptive. Here, Gruber and Moskowitz propose that the field is now ripe to consider the costs, and not just the benefits, of positive emotion. This book offers the first comprehensive exploration of this phenomenon. It offers a comprehensive summary of current theoretical and empirical work on positive emotion and provides empirical examples of the 'light side' or adaptive benefits of positive emotion according to the degree, context (health, social relationships, coping), and type of adaptive outcome. It also provides empirical examples of the 'dark side' or maladaptive aspects of positive emotion organized according to the degree, context, type and reasons for pursuing positive emotion in healthy and clinical populations. It discusses therapeutic applications regarding how to cultivate and foster healthy positive emotion, and suggests future research to better understand the nature of positive emotion.

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• Table of Contents

• Part I. Introduction

• Chapter 1. Seeing it All: The Light and Dark Sides of Positive Emotion

• June Gruber, Hillary C. Devlin, and Judith Moskowitz

• Part II. Unpacking Recent Discoveries in Positive Emotion

• Chapter 2. The Psychological Construction of Positive Emotion as a Window Into Well-Being

• Paul Condon, Christine Wilson-Mendenhall and Lisa Feldman Barrett

• Chapter 3. Origins and Functions of Positive Affect: A Goal Regulation Perspective

• Charles Carver, Michael F. Scheier, and Sheri L. Johnson

• Chapter 4. Shared and Differentiating Features of the Positive Emotion Domain

• Belinda Campos and Dacher Keltner

• Chapter 5. The Role of Positive Affect on Thinking and Decision-Making: A Tribute to Alice Isen

• Judith Moskowitz, Margaret S. Clark, Anthony Ong, and June Gruber

• Chapter 6. Another Little Piece of My Heart: Positive Emotions and the Autonomic Nervous System

• Michelle N. Shiota and Alexander F. Danvers

• Chapter 7. Positive Emotion and the Brain: The Neuroscience of Happiness.

• Tabitha Kirkland, Vincent Y. Man, and William A. Cunningham

• Part III. The Light Side: When and Why Are Positive Emotions Good for Us?

• Chapter 8. Understanding the Neurobiology of Core Positive Emotions through Animal models: Affective and Clinical Implications

• Jaak Panksepp

• Chapter 9. Genetic and Environmental Influences on Positive Emotionality

• Ragnhild Bang Nes

• Chapter 10. The Dark and Light Sides of Humor: An Emotion Regulation Perspective

• Andrea C. Samson and James J. Gross

• Chapter 11. Positive Affect: A Pathway to Better Physical Health

• Sarah D. Pressman and Stephanie L. Bowlin

• Chapter 12. How Positive Social Emotions Motivate Actions for the Future Self: Building Bonds, Attaining Ambitions, and Establishing Esteem

• Lisa A. Williams and D…