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Positive Emotion Development

Positive Emotion Development is a psychological construct that refers to the progressive acquisition and refinement of the capacity to experience, express, regulate, and utilize positive emotions such as joy, interest, and affection in developmentally appropriate contexts during early childhood.

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30.1K

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549

Authors

260

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2017–2026

56

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Publications

205

What Good Are Positive Emotions?

Barbara L. Fredrickson · Review of General Psychology · 1998 · 5.6K citations

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Open hearts build lives: Positive emotions, induced through loving-kindness meditation, build consequential personal resources.

Barbara L. Fredrickson, Michael Cohn, Kimberly A. Coffey et al. · Journal of Personality and Social Psychology · 2008 · 2.4K citations

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Positive education: positive psychology and classroom interventions

Martin E. P. Seligman, Randal M. Ernst, Jane E. Gillham et al. · Oxford Review of Education · 2009 · 2K citations

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Positive emotions in early life and longevity: Findings from the nun study.

Deborah D. Danner, David A. Snowdon, Wallace V. Friesen · Journal of Personality and Social Psychology · 2001 · 1.3K citations

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The Value of Positive Emotions

Barbara L. Fredrickson · American Scientist · 2003 · 967 citations

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Authors

549

  1. BL
    Barbara L. Fredrickson

    University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, United States

    15 publications · 12.2K citations

    14

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  2. NE
    Nancy Eisenberg

    Arizona State University, United States

    4 publications · 247 citations

    4

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  3. RH
    Robert Hepach

    Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Germany

    3 publications · 116 citations

    3

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  4. MT
    Michael Tomasello

    Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Germany

    3 publications · 116 citations

    3

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  5. HH
    H. Hill Goldsmith

    University of Wisconsin–Madison, United States

    3 publications · 115 citations

    3

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1–5 of 549

Institutions

260

  1. University of Michigan

    Ann Arbor, United States

    13 h-index

    19 publications

    15.1K citations

  2. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

    Chapel Hill, United States

    7 h-index

    27 publications

    8.6K citations

  3. Arizona State University

    Tempe, United States

    7 h-index

    20 publications

    1.1K citations

  4. Pennsylvania State University

    State College, United States

    6 h-index

    11 publications

    1.4K citations

  5. University of California, Berkeley

    Berkeley, United States

    6 h-index

    8 publications

    256 citations

  6. University of Wisconsin–Madison

    Madison, United States

    5 h-index

    10 publications

    418 citations

  7. Radboud University Nijmegen

    Nijmegen, The Netherlands

    4 h-index

    11 publications

    366 citations

  8. Duke University

    Durham, United States

    4 h-index

    6 publications

    596 citations

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Venues

  1. Developmental Psychology

    10 publications · 981 citations

    10

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  2. The Journal of Positive Psychology

    9 publications · 1.9K citations

    9

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  3. Child Development

    6 publications · 290 citations

    6

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  4. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

    5 publications · 4.2K citations

    5

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  5. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology

    JACP · 5 publications · 236 citations

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