Positive emotion : integrating the light sides and dark sides / edited by June Gruber, Judith Tedlie Moskowitz.

"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"-- Provided by publisher

"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"-- Provided by publisher

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Cover; POSITIVE EMOTION; Copyright; TABLE OF CONTENTS; Contributors; PART 1 INTRODUCTION; 1. Seeing it All: The Light and Dark Sides of Positive Emotion; PART 2 UNPACKING RECENT DISCOVERIES IN POSITIVE EMOTION; 2. The Psychological Construction of Positive Emotion as a Window Into Well-Being; 3. Origins and Functions of Positive Affect: A Goal Regulation Perspective; 4. Shared and Differentiating Features of the Positive Emotion Domain; 5. The Role of Positive Affect on Thinking and Decision-Making: A Tribute to Alice Isen.

6. Another Little Piece of My Heart: Positive Emotions and the Autonomic Nervous System7. Positive Emotion and the Brain: The Neuroscience of Happiness; 8. Understanding the Neurobiology of Core Positive Emotions through Animal models: Affective and Clinical Implications; 9. Genetic and Environmental Infl uences on Positive Emotionality; PART 3 THE LIGHT SIDE: WHEN AND WHY ARE POSITIVE EMOTIONS GOOD FOR US?; 10. The Dark and Light Sides of Humor: An Emotion Regulation Perspective; 11. Positive Affect: A Pathway to Better Physical Health.

12. How Positive Social Emotions Motivate Actions for the Future Self: Building Bonds, Attaining Ambitions, and Establishing Esteem13. Positive Affect and Adolescent Development: Emerging Levels of Understanding and Clinical Implications; 14. Older and happier? Age-related effects on positive emotion; 15. Positive Emotions in the Aftermath of Loss; PART 4 THE DARK SIDE: WHEN POSITIVE EMOTION GOES WRONG; 16. The Value of Positive Emotion: Philosophical Doubts and Reassurances.

17. On the Downside of Feeling Good: Evidence for the Motivational, Cognitive and Behavioral Disadvantages of Positive Affect18. Turning the Tables: How We React to Others' Happiness; 19. The Cultural Shaping of Happiness: The Role of Ideal Affect; 20. The Paradoxical Effects of Pursuing Positive Emotion: When and Why Wanting to Feel Happy Backfires; 21. Positive Urgency and Negative Outcomes: The Dispositional Tendency to Rash Action During Positive Emotional States; 22. Positive Affect Systems in Depression: The Road Less Traveled.

23. Positive Emotion Disturbance in Bipolar Disorder across the Lifespan24. Positive Emotion: The Sirens' Song of Substance Use and the Trojan Horse for Recovery from Addiction; PART 5 JUST RIGHT: CULTIVATING HEALTHY POSITIVE EMOTION; 25. The How, Why, What, When, and Who of Happiness: Mechanisms Underlying the Success of Positive Activity Interventions; 26. Mindfulness and Balanced Positive Emotion; 27. Positive Affect Interventions to Reduce Stress: Harnessing the Benefit While Avoiding the Pollyanna; PART 6 CONCLUSIONS.

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