Publications
In Press
Waugh, C.E., Wager, T.D., Fredrickson, B.L., Noll, D.C., Taylor, S.F. (in press). The neural correlates of trait resilience when anticipating and recovering from threat. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience pdf
Fredrickson, B.L., Cohn, M.A., Coffey, K.A., Pek, J., & Finkel, S.M. (in press). Open hearts build lives: Positive emotions, induced through loving-kindness meditation, build consequential personal resources. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology pdf
2008
Waugh, C.E., Fredrickson, B.L., Taylor, S.F. (2008). Adapting to life's sling's and arrows: Individual differences in resilience when recovering from an anticipated threat. Journal of Research in Personality pdf
Mikels, J.A., Reuter-Lorenz, P.A., Beyer, J.A., Fredrickson, B.L. (2008). Emotion and working memory: Evidence for domain-specific processes for affective maintenance. Emotion, 256-266. pdf
Burns, A.B., Brown, J.S., Sachs-Ericsson, N., Plant, E.A., Curtis, J.T., Fredrickson, B.L., & Joiner, T.E. (2008). Upward spirals of positive emotion and coping: Replication, extension, and initial exploration of neurochemical substrates. Personality and Individuals Differences, 44, 360-370. pdf
2007
Cohn, M.A., Fredrickson, B.L., Brown, S.L., Mikels, J.A., & Conway, A. (2007). Happiness unpacked: Positive emotions increase life satisfaction by building resilience. Manuscript under review.
Fredrickson, B,L, & Cohn, M.A. (in press). Positive Emotions. In M. Lewis, J. M. Haviland-Jones, and L. F. Barrett (Eds). Handbook of Emotions, 3rd Ed. NY: Guilford.
Hejmadi, A., Waugh, C. E., Otake, K. & Fredrickson, B.L. (2007). Cross-cultural evidence that positive emotions broaden views of self to include close others. Manuscript in preparation.
2006
Cohn, M. A. & Fredrickson, B. L. (2006). Beyond the moment, beyond the self: Shared ground between selective investment theory and the broaden-and-build theory of positive emotion. Psychological Inquiry, 17, 39-44. pdf
Otake, K., Shimai, S., Tanaka-Matsumi, J., Otsui, K, & Fredrickson, B. L. (2006). Happy people become happier through kindness: A counting kindnesses intervention. Journal of Happiness Studies, 7, 361-375. pdf
Fredrickson, B. L. (2006). Unpacking positive emotions: Investigating the seeds of human flourishing. Journal of Positive Psychology, 1, 57-60.
Waugh, C. E. & Fredrickson, B. L. (2006). Nice to know you: Positive emotions, self-other overlap, and complex understanding in the formation of new relationships. Journal of Positive Psychology, 1, 93-106. pdf
2005
Fredrickson B. L. & Losada M. F. (2005). Positive affect and the complex dynamics of human flourishing. American Psychologist, 60, 678-686. pdf
Fredrickson, B.L., & Branigan, C. (2005). Positive emotions broaden the scope of attention and thought-action repertoires. Cognition and Emotion, 19, 313-332. pdf
Johnson, K. J. & Fredrickson, B. L. (2005). “We all look the same to me:” Positive emotions eliminate the own-race bias in face recognition. Psychological Science, 16, 875-881. pdf
Keller, M. C., Fredrickson, B. L., Ybarra, O., Cote, S., Johnson, K. J., Mikels, J., Conway, A. & Wager, T (2005). A warm heart and a clear head: The contingent effects of weather on mood and cognition. Psychological Science, 16, 724-731. pdf
Mikels, J. A., Fredrickson, B. L., Larkin, G. R., Lindberg, C. M., Maglio, S. J., & Reuter-Lorenz, P. A. (2005). Emotional category data on images from the International Affective Picture System. Behavior Research Methods, 37, 626-630. pdf
2004
Tugade, M. M. & Fredrickson, B. L. (2004). Resilient individuals use positive emotions to bounce back from negative emotional experiences. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. pdf
Tugade, M. M., Fredrickson, B. L., & Feldman Barrett, L. (2004). Psychological resilience and positive emotional granularity: Examining the benefits of positive emotions on coping and health. Journal of Personality, 72, 1161-1190. pdf
Fredrickson, B. L. (2004). Gratitude, like other positive emotions, broadens and builds. In Emmons, R. A. & M. E. McCullough (Eds.) The Psychology of Gratitude. (pp. 145-166). New York: Oxford University Press. pdf
2003
Fredrickson, B. L. (2003). Positive emotions and upward spirals in organizational settings. In Cameron, K., Dutton, J. & Quinn, R. (Eds.) Positive Organizational Scholarship. pdf
Fredrickson, B. L. (2003). The value of positive emotions. American Scientist, 91, 330-335. English pdf / Spanish pdf / German pdf
Fredrickson, B. L., Tugade, M. M., Waugh, C. E., & Larkin, G. (2003). What good are positive emotions in crises?: A prospective study of resilience and emotions following the terrorist attacks on the United States on September 11th, 2001. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 84, 365-376. pdf
2002
Fredrickson, B. L. (2002). How does religion benefit health and well-being?: Are positive emotions active ingredients? Psychological Inquiry, 13, 209-213. pdf
Fredrickson, B. L. (2002). Positive emotions. In C.R. Snyder & S. J. Lopez (Eds.) Handbook of Positive Psychology (pp. 120-134). New York: Oxford University Press.
Fredrickson, B. L., & Joiner, T. (2002). Positive emotions trigger upward spirals toward emotional well-being. Psychological Science, 13, 172-175. pdf
2001
Fredrickson, B. L. (2001). The role of positive emotions in positive psychology: The broaden-and-build theory of positive emotions. American Psychologist, 56, 218-226. pdf
2000
Fredrickson, B. L. (2000a). Extracting meaning from past affective experiences: The importance of peaks, ends, and specific emotions. Cognition and Emotion, 14, 577-606. pdf
Fredrickson, B. L. (2000b). Cultivating positive emotions to optimize health and well-being. Target article in Prevention and Treatment, 3. pdf
Fredrickson, B. L., Mancuso, R. A., Branigan, C., & Tugade, M. M. (2000). The undoing effect of positive emotions. Motivation and Emotion. 24, 237-258. pdf
1999
Larsen, R. J. & Fredrickson, B. L. (1999). Measurement issues in emotion research. In D. Kahneman, E. Diener & N. Schwarz (Eds.) Well-being: Foundations of hedonic psychology (pp. 40-60). New York: Russell Sage. pdf
1998
Fredrickson, B. L. (1998). What good are positive emotions? Review of General Psychology, 2, 300-319. pdf
Fredrickson, B. L. & Levenson, R. W. (1998). Positive emotions speed recovery from the cardiovascular sequelae of negative emotions . Cognition and Emotion, 12, 191-220. pdf