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lifeskim:mentions | |
pubmed:issue |
3
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pubmed:dateCreated |
1991-12-6
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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.
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pubmed:grant | |
pubmed:language |
eng
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pubmed:journal | |
pubmed:citationSubset |
IM
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pubmed:status |
MEDLINE
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pubmed:month |
Sep
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pubmed:issn |
0022-3514
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pubmed:author | |
pubmed:issnType |
Print
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pubmed:volume |
61
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pubmed:owner |
NLM
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pubmed:authorsComplete |
Y
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pubmed:pagination |
492-503
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pubmed:dateRevised |
2009-11-11
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pubmed:meshHeading |
pubmed-meshheading:1941521-Adaptation, Psychological,
pubmed-meshheading:1941521-Adult,
pubmed-meshheading:1941521-Arousal,
pubmed-meshheading:1941521-Depression,
pubmed-meshheading:1941521-Empathy,
pubmed-meshheading:1941521-Female,
pubmed-meshheading:1941521-Happiness,
pubmed-meshheading:1941521-Humans,
pubmed-meshheading:1941521-Life Change Events
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pubmed:year |
1991
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pubmed:articleTitle |
The psychic costs of intense positive affect.
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pubmed:affiliation |
University of Illinois, Department of Psychology, Champaign 61820.
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pubmed:publicationType |
Journal Article,
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.
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