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Fredrickson, B. L., Mancuso, R. A., Branigan, C., & Tugade, M. M. (2000). The Undoing Effect of Positive Emotions. Motivation and emotion, 24(4), 237-258. https://doi.org/10.1023/a:1010796329158
Fredrickson, Barbara L, et al. "The Undoing Effect of Positive Emotions." Motivation and emotion vol. 24,4 (2000): 237-258. doi: https://doi.org/10.1023/a:1010796329158
Fredrickson BL, Mancuso RA, Branigan C, Tugade MM. The Undoing Effect of Positive Emotions. Motiv Emot. 2000 Dec;24(4):237-258. doi: 10.1023/a:1010796329158. PMID: 21731120; PMCID: PMC3128334.
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Motiv Emot. 2000 Dec;24(4):237-258. doi: 10.1023/a:1010796329158.

The Undoing Effect of Positive Emotions.

Motivation and emotion

Barbara L Fredrickson, Roberta A Mancuso, Christine Branigan, Michele M Tugade

Affiliations

  1. Department of Psychology, Women's Studies Program, and Research Center for Group Dynamics, University of Michigan, Michigan.

PMID: 21731120 PMCID: PMC3128334 DOI: 10.1023/a:1010796329158

Abstract

Positive emotions are hypothesized to undo the cardiovascular aftereffects of negative emotions. Study 1 tests this undoing effect. Participants (n = 170) experiencing anxiety-induced cardiovascular reactivity viewed a film that elicited (a) contentment, (b) amusement, (c) neutrality, or (d) sadness. Contentment-eliciting and amusing films produced faster cardiovascular recovery than neutral or sad films did. Participants in Study 2 (n = 185) viewed these same films following a neutral state. Results disconfirm the alternative explanation that the undoing effect reflects a simple replacement process. Findings are contextualized by Fredrickson's broaden-and-build theory of positive emotions (B. L. Fredrickson, 1998).

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