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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1991-12-6
pubmed:abstractText
Recent research indicates that happiness, or affective well-being, is related primarily to the frequency, not to the intensity, of positive affect (PA). The question arises as to why intense positive affect (PI) is not a larger contributor to subjective well-being. Whether processes that yield PI also produce intense negative affect was examined. Studies 1 and 2 suggested that cognitive mechanisms that amplify or dampen affect can carry over from positive to negative events. Study 3 demonstrated that, because of judgment mechanisms, an extremely positive event can make other events less positive. Study 4 revealed that naturally occurring intensely positive experiences are often preceded by negative ones. Study 5 suggested that the more persons valence success at a task, the happier they will be if they succeed, but unhappier if they fail. The 5 studies reveal that intense positive experiences may sometimes have costs that counterbalance their desirable nature.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0022-3514
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
61
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
492-503
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-11
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1991
pubmed:articleTitle
The psychic costs of intense positive affect.
pubmed:affiliation
University of Illinois, Department of Psychology, Champaign 61820.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.