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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 Waugh et al in press.pdf
2009
Brown, S.L., Fredrickson, B.L., Wirth, M.M., Poulin, M.J., Meier, E.A., Heaphy, M.D., Cohen, M.D., & Schultheiss, O.C. Social closeness increases salivary progesterone in human. Hormones and Behavior Brown_Fredrickson_et_al_2009.pdf
Cohn, M.A., Fredrickson, B.L., Brown, S.L., Mikels, J.A., & Conway, A.M. Happiness Unpacked: Positive emotions increase life satisfaction by building resilience. Emotion Cohn_Fredrickson_et_al_2009.pdf
2008
Fredrickson, B.L., Cohn, M.A., Coffey, K.A., Pek, J., & Finkel, S.M. Open hearts build lives: Positive emotions, induced through loving-kindness meditation, build consequential personal resources. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology Fredrickson et al.pdf
Kok, B.E., Catalino, L. I. & Fredrickson, B.L. (2008). The broadening, building,
buffering effects of positive emotions. In S. J. Lopez (Ed.), /Positive psychology:
Exploring the best of people: Vol. 3 Capitalizing on emotional experiences/
(pp.1-19)/./Westport, CT: Greenwood Publishing Company. Kok et al 2008.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. Burns et al 2008.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. Mikels et al 2008.pdf
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 Waugh et al 2008.pdf
2007
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. Cohn et al 2006.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. Otake et al 2006.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. Waugh et al 2006.pdf
2005
Fredrickson B. L. & Losada M. F. (2005). Positive affect and the complex dynamics of human flourishing. American Psychologist, 60, 678-686. Fredrickson et al 2005.pdf
Fredrickson, B.L., & Branigan, C. (2005). Positive emotions broaden the scope of attention and thought-action repertoires. Cognition and Emotion, 19, 313-332. Fredrickson et al 2005.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. Johnson et al 2005.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. Keller et al 2005.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. Mikels et al 2005.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. Tugade et al 2004.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. Tugade et al 2004.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. Fredrickson et al 2004.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. Fredrickson et al 2003.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. Fredrickson et al 2003.pdf
2002
Fredrickson, B. L. (2002). How does religion benefit health and well-being?: Are positive emotions active ingredients? Psychological Inquiry, 13, 209-213. Fredrickson et al 2002.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. Fredrickson et al 2002.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. Fredrickson et al 2001.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. Fredrickson et al 2000.pdf
Fredrickson, B. L. (2000b). Cultivating positive emotions to optimize health and well-being. Target article in Prevention and Treatment, 3. Fredrickson et al 2000.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. Fredrickson et al 2000.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. Fredrickson et al 1999.pdf
1998
Fredrickson, B. L. (1998). What good are positive emotions? Review of General Psychology, 2, 300-319. Fredrickson et al 1998.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. Fredrickson et al 1998.pdf
