Stephanie L. Brown

Happiness unpacked: Positive emotions increase life satisfaction by building resilience.

Michael Cohn, Barbara L. Fredrickson, Stephanie L. Brown et al. · Emotion · 2009 · 1.5K citations · Full text

Positive Emotions, Quality Of Life, Life Satisfaction +13

Providing Social Support May Be More Beneficial Than Receiving It

Stephanie L. Brown, Randolph M. Nesse, Amiram D. Vinokur et al. · Psychological Science · 2003 · 1.1K citations

Social Isolation, Family Medicine, Family Strengthening +16

The Effects of Perspective Taking on Motivations for Helping: Still No Evidence for Altruism

Jon K. Maner, Carol Luce, Steven L. Neuberg et al. · Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin · 2002 · 337 citations

Behavioral Decision Making, Psychosocial Determinant, Social Psychology +19

Caregiving Behavior Is Associated With Decreased Mortality Risk

Stephanie L. Brown, Dylan M. Smith, Richard Schulz et al. · Psychological Science · 2009 · 265 citations · Full text

Motives for volunteering are associated with mortality risk in older adults.

Sara Konrath, Andrea Fuhrel-Forbis, Alina Lou et al. · Health Psychology · 2011 · 265 citations