Perceived responsiveness plays a key role in social support interactions. Past research
shows that people are more likely to seek support when they perceive that close others will …

Over the last decade, significant empirical research has examined the influence of culture on
a variety of emotional and affective processes. In this chapter, we review three established …

Since the turn of the twenty-first century, the psychology of emotion has grown to become its
own field of study. Because the study of emotion draws inspiration from areas of science …

Four studies examined the hypothesis that, although people may generally want to savor,
rather than to dampen, their positive emotions (ie, hedonic emotion regulation), such a …

There is much debate about the notion of emotional complexity (EC). The debate concerns
both the definition and the meaning of ostensible cultural differences in the construct. Some …

Previous studies have demonstrated that European Americans have fewer mixed affective
experiences (ie, are less likely to experience the bad with the good) compared with Chinese …

Understanding the nature of emotional experience requires understanding the relationship
between positive and negative affect. Two particularly important aspects of that relationship …

We provide an overview of well-documented factors that predict and explain national and
cultural differences in happiness. A brief history of the culture and happiness research is …

Psychological research on awe has largely focused on its positive dimensions, both in terms
of the experiential state of awe and individual trait-based predispositions to awe experience …

This authoritative handbook reviews the breadth of current knowledge about positive
emotions: their nature, functions, and consequences for individuals and society. Specific …