Global aspects of emotion have been central to psychosocial theories of health and health
behavior for several decades. A growing body of research has documented key roles for …

Adding to a traditional stress perspective, behavioral medicine has been focusing
increasingly on investigating the potential impact of positive psychosocial factors on disease …

Topically organized, Positive Psychology: The Science of Happiness and Flourishing
presents a highly engaging, up-to-date introduction to positive psychology. Authors William …

The regulation of emotions is essential in everyday life. In this paper, we discuss the
regulation of positive emotional experiences. Our discussion focuses on strategies aimed at …

Do antidepressants work? Of course everyone knows it. Like his colleagues, Irving Kirsch, a
researcher and clinical psychologist, for years referred patients to psychiatrists to have their …

T his chapter addresses the field of positive psychology from the agentic perspective of
social cognitive theory (Bandura, 1986; 2006b). To be an agent is to influence intentionally …

Objective: This study longitudinally examined Subjective Well-Being (SWB) and its
components, namely, Positive Feelings (PF, including global life satisfaction [GLS]), domain …

Introduction The increase in female labor force participation prompted a great deal of
research on the ways in which work demands impact family life. In general these studies …

In the past two to three decades health behavior scientists have increasingly emphasized
affect-related concepts (including, but not limited to emotion) in their attempts to understand …

This study investigated the optimal time for measuring stress and immune function in 20
healthcare professionals (19 women and 1 man) following interaction with a therapy dog. A …