Open hearts build lives: positive emotions, induced through loving-kindness meditation, build consequential personal resources.

L Fredrickson, Barbara; A Cohn, Michael; A Coffey, Kimberly; Pek, Jolynn; M Finkel, Sandra

doi:10.1037/a0013262

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Open hearts build lives: positive emotions, induced through loving-kindness meditation, build consequential personal resources.

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Authors:

Barbara L Fredrickson

Michael A Cohn

Kimberly A Coffey

Abstract

B. L. Fredrickson's (1998, 2001) broaden-and-build theory of positive emotions asserts that people's daily experiences of positive emotions compound over time to build a variety of consequential personal resources. The authors tested this build hypothesis in a field experiment with working adults (n...

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