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Pressman SD, Jenkins BN, Moskowitz JT. Positive Affect and Health: What Do We Know and Where Next Should We Go?. Annu Rev Psychol. 2018;70:627-650doi: 10.1146/annurev-psych-010418-102955.
Pressman, S. D., Jenkins, B. N., & Moskowitz, J. T. (2019). Positive Affect and Health: What Do We Know and Where Next Should We Go?. Annual review of psychology, 70627-650. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-psych-010418-102955
Pressman, Sarah D, et al. "Positive Affect and Health: What Do We Know and Where Next Should We Go?." Annual review of psychology vol. 70 (2019): 627-650. doi: https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-psych-010418-102955
Pressman SD, Jenkins BN, Moskowitz JT. Positive Affect and Health: What Do We Know and Where Next Should We Go?. Annu Rev Psychol. 2019 Jan 04;70:627-650. doi: 10.1146/annurev-psych-010418-102955. Epub 2018 Sep 27. PMID: 30260746.
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Annu Rev Psychol. 2019 Jan 04;70:627-650. doi: 10.1146/annurev-psych-010418-102955. Epub 2018 Sep 27.

Positive Affect and Health: What Do We Know and Where Next Should We Go?.

Annual review of psychology

Sarah D Pressman, Brooke N Jenkins, Judith T Moskowitz

Affiliations

  1. Department of Psychological Science, University of California, Irvine, California 92697, USA; email: [email protected].
  2. Department of Psychology, Chapman University, Orange, California 92866, USA.
  3. Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois 60611, USA.

PMID: 30260746 DOI: 10.1146/annurev-psych-010418-102955

Abstract

Positive affect (PA) is associated with better health across a wide range of physical health outcomes. This review reflects on why the study of PA is an essential component of our understanding of physical health and expands on pathways that connect these two variables. To encourage forward movement in this burgeoning research area, measurement and design issues in the study of PA and health are discussed, as are the connections between PA and a range of different health outcomes. Plausible biological, social, and behavioral pathways that allow for positive feelings to get under the skin and influence physical wellness are detailed and framed in the context of several theoretical models. Finally, new directions for the field and important methodological and interpretative considerations that are essential to moving this important research area forward are explored.

Keywords: calm; happiness; health; illness; positive emotion; stress; vigor

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