Additional Resources
- Garland, E.L., Fredrickson, B., Kring, A.M., Johnson, D.P. Meyer, P.S., & Penn, D.L. (2010). Upward spirals of positive emotions counter downward spirals of negativity: Insights from the broaden-and-build theory and affective neuroscience on the treatment of emotion dysfunctions and deficits in psychopathology. Clinical Psychology Review. 30, (7), 849–864.
- Fredrickson, B.L. (2001). The role of positive emotions in positive psychology: the broaden and build theory of positive emotions. American Psychologist, 56(3), 218-226. doi:10.1037/0003-066X.56.3.218
- Fredrickson, B.L., (2004). The broaden-and-build theory of positive emotions.The Royal Society. 359(1449): 1367–1378. doi: 10.1098/rstb.2004.1512
- Whelan, D.C. & Zelenski, J.M. (2012). Experimental evidence that positive moods cause sociability. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 3 (4), 430-437.
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