Mutual inhibition between positive and negative emotions.

The relationship between alexithymia, irrational beliefs, positive and negative emotions with mental disorders

Introduction: University students, as the future manpower resources, are of high importance for communities. One of the aspects to focus on is their mental health. The present study was conducted to determine the relationship between alexithymia, irrational beliefs, positive and negative emotions with mental disorders in students. Methods: There were 400 students, selected randomly through stra...

Brainwaves Analysis of Positive and Negative Emotions

Emotions, is the generic term for various subjective cognitive experiences and a psychological and physiological synthesized state generates under a variety of perceptions, thoughts, and behaviours. In general, emotion can be categorized into Joyful, Angry, Protected, Sad, Surprised, Fear, Satisfied and Unconcerned eight types of positive-negative emotions. More subtle and delicate emotions inc...

Person-centred positive emotions, object-centred negative emotions: 2-year-olds generalize negative but not positive emotions across individuals.

Prior work suggests that young children do not generalize others' preferences to new individuals. We hypothesized (following Vaish et al., 2008, Psychol. Bull., 134, 383-403) that this may only hold for positive emotions, which inform the child about the person's attitude towards the object but not about the positivity of the object itself. It may not hold for negative emotions, which additiona...

The role of resilience, positive/negative emotions, and character strengths in predicting burnout of military personnel

Background: Military personnel are at high risk for burnout due to exposure to high job stress. The purpose of this study was to investigate the role of character strengths, positive and negative emotions, and resilience in predicting burnout of military personnel in Iran. Materials and methods: A sample of 146 people working in different military and law enforcement forces was selected by ava...

A Cross-Cultural Study about Positive and Negative Emotions and Its Relation to Health and Well-being