The positive side of negative emotions

The positive side of negative emotions / edited by W. Gerrod Parrott.

This unique volume brings together state-of-the-art research showing the value of emotions that many believe to be undesirable. Leading investigators explore the functions and benefits of sadness, anxiety, anger, embarrassment, shame, guilt, jealousy, and envy. The role of these emotions in social i...

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Other Authors: Parrott, W. Gerrod
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Guilford Press, [2014]
Subjects:
Emotions.
emotion.
PSYCHOLOGY > Physiological Psychology.
Emotions
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Table of Contents:
  • Part I. Specific negative emotions
  • ch. 1. Can sadness be good for you? : On the cognitive, motivational, and interpersonal benefits of negative affect / Joseph P. Forgas
  • ch. 2. Anziety as an adaptive emotion / Adam M. Perkins and Philip J. Corr
  • ch. 3. Anger is a positive emotion / Ursula Hess
  • ch. 4. Can negative social emotions have positive consequences? : An examination of embarrassment, shame, guilt, jealousy, and envy / Nicole E. Henniger and Christine R. Harris
  • Part II. Social and cultural aspects of negative emotions
  • ch. 5. When negative emotions benefit close relationships / Levi R. Baker, James K. McNulty, and Nickola C. Overall
  • ch. 6. On the social influence of negative emotional expressions / Gerben A. Van Kleef and Stephane Cote
  • ch. 7. Listening to negative emotions : how culture constrains what we hear / Yulia E. Chentsova-Dutton, Nicole Senft, and Andrew G. Ryder
  • ch. 8. The function of negative emotions in the Confucian tradition / Louise Sundararajan
  • Part III. The desirability of negative emotions
  • ch. 9. Why might people want to feel bad? : Motives in contrahedonic emotion regulation / Maya Tamir and Yockanan Bigman
  • ch. 10. Negative emotions and the meaningful sides of media entertainment / Mary Beth Oliver, Anne Bartsch, and Tilo Hartmann
  • ch. 11. The right tool for the job : functional analysis and evaluating positivity/negativity / Julie K. Norem
  • ch. 12. Feeling, function, and the place of negative emotions in a happy life / W. Gerrod Parrott.

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