Happiness unpacked: Positive emotions increase life satisfaction by building resilience.
University of California, San Francisco · University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill · +3 more institutions
Abstract
Happiness-a composite of life satisfaction, coping resources, and positive emotions-predicts desirable life outcomes in many domains. The broaden-and-build theory suggests that this is because positive emotions help people build lasting resources. To test this hypothesis, the authors measured emotions daily for 1 month in a sample of students (N = 86) and assessed life satisfaction and trait resilience at the beginning and end of the month. Positive emotions predicted increases in both resilience and life satisfaction. Negative emotions had weak or null effects and did not interfere with the benefits of positive emotions. Positive emotions also mediated the relation between baseline and final resilience, but…
Citation impact
- FWCI
- 50.67
- Percentile
- 100%
- References
- 43
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5Topics & keywords
- Happiness
- Life satisfaction
- Psychology
- Positive psychology
- Psychological resilience
- Well-being
- Coping (psychology)
- Social psychology