Hot-blooded: having strong emotions and easily becoming very excited or angry; passionate; impetuous. –A hot-blooded lover. Hotcake: a flat cake of thin batter fried on both sides on a griddle; battercake; flannel cake. –The breakfast menu has organic eggs and whole grain hotcakes. Hot...
We discuss the importance of these strategies for well-being, and suggest that cultivating positive emotions may be particularly useful for building resilience to stressful events. Then, we explore possible mechanisms that link positive emotions to coping for resilient people, with a focus on the ...
Positive emotions such as joy, gratitude, and love can have a significant impact on our mental and physical health. Here are some ways that positive emotions can benefit our health: Reduced stress: Positive emotions can help reduce stress and anxiety by releasing endorphins, also known as “feel...
Emotionsresult from synchronized and interrelated changes in response to stimuli that the individual evaluates as having some relevant meaning. It is this meaning that will cause the emotion to emerge, which will be more or less intense according to the relevance value attributed to the event.Posit...
Positive psychology research suggests that positive emotions benefit physical health, potentially reducing stress and improving overall well-being. High subjective well-being has also been connected to increased longevity. Additionally, developing an ability to cope with and manage difficult emotions may imp...
you are exposed to the foundational research in resilience, including protective factors such as mental agility and optimism. Several types of resilience interventions are explored including cognitive strategies; strategies to manage anxiety and increase positive emotions such as gratitude; and a critical ...
Although the theory is now associated with the field of positive psychology, Fredrickson originally created it as she explored how positive emotions can contribute to survival. The theory says that positive emotions do much more than cause us happiness, joy, and contentment in the moments we ...
I miss you, I love you and I’m mad at you. There are a lot of ways that you can express what you feel. Feeling in love, mad, jealous, or just simply missing someone, diverse emotions, that many can easily label, in equal numbers, there are those at the opposite traction that fi...
[54] show that people declaring the presence of meaning in life tend to experience lower psychological distress and negative emotions (neuroticism), higher trust and altruism (agreeableness), greater joy in social interactions (extraversion), and competence and proactivity (conscientiousness). Conversely...
That period has amplified people’s experiences of precariousness and instability, putting a strain on the capacity of resistance, restructuring, and coexistence with emotions and moods, sometimes generating forms of malaise which are considered real barriers to the realization of life and career paths...