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The Role of Positive Emotions in Positive Psychology (Frederickson, 2001)
The Role of Positive Emotions in Positive Psychology (Frederickson, 2001)
The capacity to experience positive emotions may be a fundamental human strength central to the study of human flourishing.
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By building people's personal and social resources, positive emotions transform people for the better, giving them better lives in the future.
Conclusion
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Positive emotions
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One topic need of study is the long-held but scantly supported hypothesis that positive emotions foster physical health.
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Physical health depends on having quality connections to others and leading to a life purpose (Ryff and Singer, 1998)
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Positive emotions
The mission of positive psychology is to understand and foster the factors that allow individuals, communities, and societies to flourish.
Serve as markers of flourishing, or optimal well-being.
They do so not simply within the present, pleasant moment but over the long-term as well.
The take-home message
Positive emotions are worth cultivating, not just as end states in themselves but also as a means to achieving psychological growth and improved well-being over time.