Articles and Chapters

2025

• Don, B., Simpson, J., Fredrickson, B. L., & Algoe, S. B. (2025). Interparental positivity spillover theory: How parents’ positive relational interactions influence children. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 20, 639-668. https://doi.org/10.1177/17456916231220626
• Lai, J., Otero, M. C., Chen, K., Wells, J. L., Levenson, R. W., & Fredrickson, B. L. (2025). Does positivity resonance signify love? Markers of positivity resonance in long-term married couples relate to trait and state love. Personal Relationships, 32, e70008. https://doi.org/10.1111/pere.70008
• Lazard, A. J., Queen, T. L., Avendano-Galdamez, M., Varma, T., Zhou, J., Berman, C. J., West, T. N., Firestine, A., Dasgupta, N. & Fredrickson, B. L. (2025). Social media posts to encourage in-person connections: Online experiment with young adults. Revision invited for Journal of Adolescent Health.
• West, T. N., Berman, C. J., Payne, B. K., Muscatell, K., & Fredrickson, B. L. (2025). Trust a stranger? Investigating community trust and economic inequality as barriers to positive interactions among strangers. Journal of Happiness Studies, 26, 107. DOI: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10902-025-00937-w
• West, T. N., Huston, S., Chandler, K., Zhou, J., & Fredrickson, B. L. (in press). High-quality listening behaviors linked to social connection between strangers. Communications Psychology.
• West, T. N., Jolink, T. A., Feldman, M. J., Alvarez, G. M., Cardenas, M. N., Fredrickson, B. L. & Muscatell, K., (2025). Seeking positive connection: Is inflammation associated with anticipated and experienced shared positive affect with close vs. non-close others? Emotion.
• West, T. N., Prinzing, M. M., Garton, C., Berman, C. J., Zhou, J., Hale, J. Gratch, J., & Fredrickson, B. L. (2025). Improving social connection with weak ties and strangers: Effects of a new micro-intervention on interaction quality and social behavior. Journal of Positive Psychology, 20, 652-662. DOI: 10.1080/17439760.2024.2394451
• Zhou, J., West, T. N., Berman, C. J., & Fredrickson, B. L. (2025). Positively in-sync: Convergent validity across three distinct assessments of the positive affective quality of social interaction. Journal of Personal and Social Relationships. https://doi.org/10.1177/02654075251359408

2024

• Berman, C. J., West, T. N., Zhou, J., Tan, K. R., Prinzing, M. M. & Fredrickson, B. L. (2024). Positive emotions co-experienced with strangers and acquaintances predict COVID-19 vaccination intentions through prosocial tendencies. Social Science & Medicine, 346, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2024.116671
• Chen, K.-H., Merrilees, J., Brown, C. L., Yee, C., Sapozhnikova, A., Wells, J., Ferrer, E., Pressman, P., Fredrickson, B. L., Levenson, R. W. (2024). Interpersonal linkage in positive and negative emotional behaviors, emotional well-being, and physical functioning in dementia caregivers. Clinical Psychological Science, 12, 1039-1055. DOI: http://DOI: 10.1177/2167702623121453
• Lazard, A. J., Vereen, R. N., Zhou, J., Nichols, H. B., Pulido, M., Swift, C., Dasgupta, N. & Fredrickson, B. L. (2024). Designing positive psychology interventions for social media: Online experiment with young adults with cancer. Journal of Medical Internet Research: Cancer. 10:e48627 DOI: 10.2196/48627 [To be retracted due to alleged fraudulent practices of contracted market research companies Opinions for Good and Slice MR uncovered in 2025.]
• Prinzing, M. M., Bounds, E. Melton, K., Glanzer, P., Fredrickson, B. L. & Schnitker, S. (in press). Can an algorithm tell you how spiritual you are? Measuring spirituality from text using Generative Pretrained Transformers. Journal of Personality, 0: 1-13. https://doi.org/10.1111/jopy.13006
• Prinzing, M. M., Lades, L. K., Weber, T. O., Fredrickson, B. L., & Laffan, K. (2024). Pro-environmental behaviors and well-being in everyday life. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 98. Online DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvp.2024.102394
• Ricon-Becker, I., West, T. N., Fredrickson, B. L., Kaplan, D. M., Mehl, M. R., Raison, C. L., & Cole, S. W. (2024). Predicting psychosocial intervention response from baseline gene expression. Brain, Behavior & Immunity, 121, 331-339. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbi.2024.08.004
• Zhou, J., West, T. N., Lee, S., Choi, I., Hitokoto, H. Otake, K., Fredrickson, B. L. & Salvador, C. (2024). Do people from different cultures vary in how much positive emotions resonate in day-to-day interactions? Examining the role of relational mobility. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 55, 347-367. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/00220221241235926

2023

• Paquette, V., Vallerand, R. J., Houlfort, N., & Fredrickson, B. L. (2023). Thriving through adversity: The role of passion and emotions in the resilience process. Journal of Personality, 91, 789-805. DOI: 10.1111/jopy.12774
• Park, Y., Sanscartier, S., Impett, E. A., Algoe, S. B., Leonhardt, N. D., Schrage, K., Carmichael, C., Collins, N., Conte, F., De Rosa, O., Ficca, G., Fredrickson, B. L., Harris, P., Keltner, D., West, T. N., MacDonald, G. (2023). Meta-analytic evidence across thirteen samples that attachment insecurity is associated with less frequent experiences of positive emotions. Journal of Personality, 91, 1223-1238. DOI: 10.1111/jopy.12796
• Prinzing, M. M., & Fredrickson, B. L. (2023). No peace for the wicked? Immorality is thought to disrupt intrapersonal harmony, impeding positive psychological states and happiness. Cognitive Science, 47. e13371. DOI: 10.1111/cogs.13371
• Prinzing, M. M., Le Nguyen, K. D., & Fredrickson, B L.  (2023). Does shared positivity make life feel meaningful? Perceived positivity resonance is uniquely associated with perceived meaning in life. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 125, 345-366. DOI: 10.1037/pspi0000418
• Prinzing, M. M., Sappenfield, C. A., & Fredrickson, B. L. (2023). What makes me matter? Investigating how and why people feel significant. Journal of Positive Psychology, 18, 995-1011. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/17439760.2023.2168562
• Prinzing, M. M., Van Cappellen, P. & Fredrickson, B. L.  (2023). More than a momentary blip in the universe? Investigating the link between religiousness and perceived meaning in life. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 49, 180-196. DOI: 10.1177/01461672211060136
• Tan, K. R., Fredrickson B. L., Santos, H., Wood, W. A., Schwartz, T. A., & Mayer, D. K. (2023). Psychological processing among caregivers of allogeneic bone marrow transplant recipients: Qualitative findings from a longitudinal study. Journal of Psychosocial Oncology, 41, 321-336. DOI: https://doi-org.libproxy.lib.unc.edu/10.1080/07347332.2022.2107467
• Zhou, J. & Fredrickson, B. L. (2023). Listen to resonate: Better listening as a gateway to positivity resonance through enhanced sensory connection and perceived safety. Current Opinion in Psychology, 53, Article 101669. DOI: 10.1016/j.copsyc.2023.101669

2022

• Chen, K.-H., Brown, C. L., Wells, J. L., Rothwell, E. S., Otero, M. C., Levenson, R. W., & Fredrickson, B. L. (2020). Physiological linkage during shared positive and shared negative emotion. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology.
• Don, B. P., Algoe, S. B., & Fredrickson, B. L. (2020). Does meditation training alter social approach and avoidance goals? Evidence from a randomized intervention study of midlife adults. Mindfulness.
• Don, B. P., Fredrickson, B. L., & Algoe, S. B. (2020). Enjoying the sweet moments: Does approach motivation upwardly enhance reactivity to positive interpersonal processes? Journal of Personality and Social Psychology.
• Fredrickson, B. L., Arizmendi, C., Van Cappellen, P., (2020). Same-day, cross-day, and upward spiral relations between positive affect and positive health behaviours. Psychology and Health.
• Prinzing, M. M., De Freitas, J., Fredrickson, B. L. (2020). The ordinary concept of a meaningful life: The role of subjective and objective factors in third-person attributions of meaning. The Journal of Positive Psychology. DOI: 10.1080/17439760.2021.1897866
• Prinzing, M. M., Zhou, J., West, T. N., Le Nguyen, K. D., Wells, J. L., & Fredrickson, B. L. (2020). Staying ‘in sync’ with others during COVID-19: Positivity resonance mediates cross-sectional and longitudinal links between trait resilience and mental health. Journal of Positive Psychology.

2021

• Chen, K.-H., Brown, C. L., Wells, J. L., Rothwell, E. S., Otero, M. C., Levenson, R. W., & Fredrickson, B. L. (2020). Physiological linkage during shared positive and shared negative emotion. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology.
• Don, B. P., Algoe, S. B., & Fredrickson, B. L. (2020). Does meditation training alter social approach and avoidance goals? Evidence from a randomized intervention study of midlife adults. Mindfulness.
• Don, B. P., Fredrickson, B. L., & Algoe, S. B. (2020). Enjoying the sweet moments: Does approach motivation upwardly enhance reactivity to positive interpersonal processes? Journal of Personality and Social Psychology.
• Fredrickson, B. L., Arizmendi, C., Van Cappellen, P., (2020). Same-day, cross-day, and upward spiral relations between positive affect and positive health behaviours. Psychology and Health.
• Prinzing, M. M., De Freitas, J., Fredrickson, B. L. (2020). The ordinary concept of a meaningful life: The role of subjective and objective factors in third-person attributions of meaning. The Journal of Positive Psychology. DOI: 10.1080/17439760.2021.1897866
• Prinzing, M. M., Zhou, J., West, T. N., Le Nguyen, K. D., Wells, J. L., & Fredrickson, B. L. (2020). Staying ‘in sync’ with others during COVID-19: Positivity resonance mediates cross-sectional and longitudinal links between trait resilience and mental health. Journal of Positive Psychology.

2020

• Chen, K.-H., Brown, C. L., Wells, J. L., Rothwell, E. S., Otero, M. C., Levenson, R. W., & Fredrickson, B. L. (2020). Physiological linkage during shared positive and shared negative emotion. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology.
• Don, B. P., Algoe, S. B., & Fredrickson, B. L. (2020). Does meditation training alter social approach and avoidance goals? Evidence from a randomized intervention study of midlife adults. Mindfulness.
• Don, B. P., Fredrickson, B. L., & Algoe, S. B. (2020). Enjoying the sweet moments: Does approach motivation upwardly enhance reactivity to positive interpersonal processes? Journal of Personality and Social Psychology.
• Fredrickson, B. L., Arizmendi, C., Van Cappellen, P., (2020). Same-day, cross-day, and upward spiral relations between positive affect and positive health behaviours. Psychology and Health.
• Prinzing, M. M., De Freitas, J., Fredrickson, B. L. (2020). The ordinary concept of a meaningful life: The role of subjective and objective factors in third-person attributions of meaning. The Journal of Positive Psychology. DOI: 10.1080/17439760.2021.1897866
• Prinzing, M. M., Zhou, J., West, T. N., Le Nguyen, K. D., Wells, J. L., & Fredrickson, B. L. (2020). Staying ‘in sync’ with others during COVID-19: Positivity resonance mediates cross-sectional and longitudinal links between trait resilience and mental health. Journal of Positive Psychology.

2019

• Fredrickson, B. L., Arizmendi, C., Van Cappellen, P., Firestine, A. M., Brantley, M. M., Kim, S. L., Brantley, J., & Salzberg, S. (2019). Contemplative moments matter: Effects of informal meditation practice on daily experiences of positive emotions and social integration. Mindfulness. doi: 10.1007/s12671-019-01154-2.
• Garland, E. L. & Fredrickson, B. L. (2019). Positive psychological states in the arc from mindfulness to self-transcendence: Extensions of the Mindfulness-to-Meaning Theory and applications to addiction and chronic pain treatment. Current Opinion in Psychology, 28, 184-191. doi: 10.1016/j.copsyc.2019.01.004.
• Le Nguyen, K., Lin, J., Algoe, S. B., Brantley, M., Kim, S. L., Brantley, J. & Salzberg, S. & Fredrickson, B. L. (2019). Loving-kindness meditation slows biological aging in novices: Evidence from a 12-week Randomized Controlled Trial. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 108, 20-27. doi: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2019.05.020.
• Lianov, L. S., Fredrickson, B. L., Barron, C., Krishnaswami, J., Millstein, R. & Wallace, A. (2019). Positive psychology in lifestyle medicine and health care: Strategies for implementation. American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine. doi: 10.1177/1559827619838992.
• Otero, M. C., Wells, J. L., Chen, K.-H., Brown, C. L., Levenson, R. W., & Fredrickson, B. L. (2019). Behavioral indices of positivity resonance associated with longterm marital satisfaction. Emotion. Advance online publication. DOI.
• Rice, E. L., Adair, K. C., Tepper, S. J., & Fredrickson, B. L. (2019). Perceived social integration predicts future physical activity through positive affect and spontaneous thoughts. Emotion. Advance online publication. DOI.

2018

• Adair, K. C., Fredrickson, B. L., Castro-Schilo, L., Kim, S., & Sidbury, S. (2018). Present with you: Does cultivated mindfulness lead to greater social connection through gains in decentering and reductions in negative emotions? Mindfulness.
• Brooks, J. L., Berry, D. C., Currin, E. G., Ledford, A., Knafl, G. J., Fredrickson, B. L., Beeber, L. S., HAPPI Community Partnership Committee, Peden, D. B., & Corbie-Smith, G. M. (2018). A community-engaged approach to investigate cardiovascular-associated inflammation among American Indian women: A research protocol. Research in Nursing & Health. doi: 10.1002/nur.21944.
• Castro-Schilo, L., Fredrickson, B. L., & Mungas, D. (2018). Association of positive affect with cognitive health and decline for elder Mexican Americans. Journal of Happiness Studies. Online first: 10.1007/s10902-018-0053-5.
• Fredrickson, B. L. & Joiner, T. (2018). Reflections on Positive Emotions and Upward Spirals. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 13, 194-199. doi: 10.1177/1745691617692106.
• Fredrickson, B. L. & Kok, B. (2018). Evidence for the Upward Spiral Stands Steady: A Response to Nickerson (2018).Psychological Science, 29, 467-470. doi: 10.1177/0956797617707319.
• Major, B. C., Le Nguyen, K. D., Lundberg, K. B., & Fredrickson, B. L. (2018). Well-being correlates of perceived positivity resonance: Evidence from trait and episode-level assessments. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin.
• Van Cappellen, P., Rice, E. L., Catalino, L. I., & Fredrickson, B. L. (2018). Positive affective processes underlie positive health behavior change. Psychology and Health, 33, 77-97. doi: 10.1080/08870446.2017.1320798.

2017

• Fredrickson, B. L., Boulton, A. J., Firestine, A. M., Van Cappellen, P., Algoe, S. B., Brantley, M. M., Kim, S. L., Brantley, J., & Salzberg, S. (2017). Positive emotion correlates of meditation practice: A comparison of mindfulness meditation and loving-kindness meditation. Mindfulness, May 29, 2017. doi: 10.1007/s12671-017-0735-9.
• Isgett, S. F., Kok, B. E., Baczkowski, B., Algoe, S. B., Grewen, K. M., & Fredrickson, B. L. (2017). Influences of oxytocin and respiratory sinus arrhythmia on social behavior and emotions in daily life. Emotion, Advanced online publication. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/emo0000301
• Kiken, L. G., Lundberg, K. B., & Fredrickson, B. L. (2017). Being present and enjoying it: Dispositional mindfulness and savoring the moment are distinct, interactive predictors of positive emotions and psychological health. Mindfulness, March 29, 2017. doi: 10.1007/s12671-017-0704-3.
• Rice, E. L. & Fredrickson, B. L. (2017a). Do positive spontaneous thoughts function as incentive salience? Emotion, February 16, 2017. doi: 10.1037/emo0000284.
• Rice, E. L. & Fredrickson, B. L. (2017b). Of passions and positive spontaneous thoughts. Cognitive Therapy and Research, 41,350-361. doi: 10.1007/s10608-016-9755-3.
• Van Cappellen, P., Fredrickson, B. L., Saroglou, V., & Corneille, O. (2017). Religiosity and the motivation for social affiliation. Personality and Individual Differences, 113, 24-31. doi: 10.1016/j.paid.2017.02.065.
• Van Cappellen, P., Rice, E. L., Catalino, L. I., & Fredrickson, B. L. (2017). Positive affective processes underlie positive health behavior change. Psychology & Health, May 12, 2017, 1-21. doi: 10.1080/08870446.2017.1320798.
• Wilson, T. E., Weedon, J., Cohen, M. H., Golub, E. T., Milam, J., Young, M. A., Adedimeji, A. A., Cohen, J., & Fredrickson, B. L. (2017). Positive affect and its association with viral control among women with HIV infection. Health Psychology, 36, 91-100. doi: 10.1037/hea0000382.

2016

• Fredrickson, B. L. (2016). Selective data analysis in Brown et al.’s continued critical reanalysis. PLOS One, 11, e0160565. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0160565
• Fredrickson, B. L. (2016). Love: Positivity resonance as a fresh, evidence-based perspective on an age-old topic. In L. F. Barrett, M. Lewis, & J. M. Haviland (Eds.), Handbook of Emotions, 4th edition (pp. 847-858). New York, NY: Guilford Press.
• Isgett, S. F., Algoe, S. B., Boulton, A. J., Way, B. M, & Fredrickson, B. L. (2016). Common variant in OXTR predicts growth in positive emotions from loving-kindness training. Psychoneuroendocinology, 73, 244-251. doi:10.1016/j.psyneuen.2016.08.010
• Rice, E. L. & Fredrickson, B. L. (2016). Of passions and positive spontaneous thoughts. Cognitive Therapy and Research, 1-12. doi:10.1007/s10608-016-9755-3
• Van Cappellen, P., Toth-Gauthier, M., Saroglou, V., & Fredrickson, B. (2016) Religion and well-being: The mediating role of positive emotions. Journal of Happiness Studies, 17, 485-505. doi: 10.1007/s10902-014-9605-5
• Van Cappellen, P., Way, B. M., Isgett, S. F., & Fredrickson, B. L. (2016). Effects of oxytocin administration on spirituality and emotional responses to meditation. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, 1-9. doi:10.1093/scan/nsw078.

2015

• Adair, K. C. & Fredrickson, B. L. (2015). Be open: Mindfulness predicts reduced motivated perception. Personality and Individual Differences, 83, 198-201.
• Fredrickson, B. L., Grewen, K. M., Algoe, S. B., Firestine, A. M., Arevalo, J. M. G., Ma, J., Cole, S. W. (2015). Psychological well-being and the human conserved transcriptional response to adversity. PLoS ONE, 10(3): e0121839. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0121839
• Garland, E. L., Farb, N. A., Goldin, P. R., & Fredrickson, B. L. (2015). Mindfulness broadens awareness and builds eudaimonic meaning: A process model of mindful positive emotion regulation. Psychological Inquiry, 26, 293-314.
• Garland, E. L., Farb, N. A., Goldin, P. R., & Fredrickson, B. L. (2015). The mindfulness-to-meaning theory: Extensions, applications, and challenges at the attention-appraisal-emotion interface. Psychological Inquiry, 26, 377-387.
• Hogan, C. L., Catalino, L. I., Mata, J., & Fredrickson, B. (2015) Beyond emotional benefits: Physical activity and sedentary behavior affect psychosocial resources through emotions. Psychology & Health, 30, 354-369.
• Kok, B. E. & Fredrickson, B. L. (2015). Evidence for the upward spiral stands steady: A response to Heathers, Brown, Coyne, and Friedman (2015) Psychological Science OnlineFirst, 1-3. doi:10.1177/0956797615584304

2014

• Brown-Iannuzzi, J. L., Adair, K. C., Payne, K., Smart Richman, L., & Fredrickson, B. L. (2014). Discrimination hurts, but mindfulness may help: Trait mindfulness moderates the relationship between perceived discrimination and depressive symptoms. Journal of Personality and Individual Differences, 56, 201-205.
• Catalino, L.I., Algoe, S. B., & Fredrickson, B. L. (2014). Prioritizing positivity: An effective approach to pursuing happiness? Emotion, 14, 1155-1161.
• Cole, S. W. & Fredrickson, B. L. (2014). Errors in the Brown et al. critical reanalysis. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Early Edition. See also associated Supporting Information and last page of this document for MHC-SF items identified as Hedonic and Eudaimonic (i.e., citation #52 in Fredrickson et al [2013] PNAS, 110, 13684-13689).

2013

• Cole, S. W. & Fredrickson, B. L. (2013). Reply to Coyne: Genomic analyses are unthwarted.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 110, E4184.
• Fredrickson, B. L., Grewen, K. M., Coffey, K. A., Algoe, S. B., Firestine, A. M., Arevalo, J. M. G., Ma, J. & Cole, S. M. (2013). A functional genomic perspective on human well-being. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 110, 13684-13689.
• Fredrickson, B. L. (2013). Updated Thinking on Positivity Ratios. American Psychologist, 68, 814-822.
• Fredrickson, B. L. (2013). Recalculating a Positivity Ratio, and Finding a Metaphor. The Chronicle of Higher Education.
• Fredrickson, B. L. (2013). Positive emotions broaden and build. In E. Ashby Plant & P.G. Devine (Eds.), Advances on Experimental Social Psychology, 47, 1-53. Burlington: Academic Press.
• Kok, B. E., Coffey, K. A., Cohn, M. A., Catalino, L. I., Vacharkulksemsuk, T., Algoe, S. B., Brantley, M., & Fredrickson, B. L. (2013). How positive emotions build physical health: Perceived positive social connections account for the upward spiral between positive emotions and vagal tone. Psychological Science, 24, 1123-1132.
• Kok, B. E., Waugh, C. E., & Fredrickson, B. L. (2013). Meditation and Health: The Search for Mechanisms of Action. Social and Personality Psychology Compass, 7, 27-39.
• Lee, Y.-C., Lin, Y.-C., Huang, C.-L, & Fredrickson, B. L. (2013). The construct and measurement of peace of mind. Journal of Happiness Studies. 14, 571-590.
• Pecina, M., Azhar, H., Love, T. M., Lu, T., Fredrickson, B. L., Stohler, C. S., & Zubieta, J.K (2013). Personality Trait Predictors of Placebo Analgesia and Neurobiological Correlates. Neuropsychopharmacology, 38 639-646.
• Van Cappellen, P., Saroglou, V., Iweins, C., Piovesana, M., & Fredrickson, B., L. (2013). Self-transcendent positive emotions increase spirituality through basic world assumptions. Cognition and Emotion, 27, 1378-1394.

2012

• Vacharkulksemsuk, T. & Fredrickson, B.L. (2012). Strangers in sync: Achieving embodied rapport through shared movements.Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 48, 399-402.

2011

• Algoe, S.B. & Fredrickson, B.L. (2011). Emotional fitness and the movement of affective science from lab to field. American Psychologist, 66, 35-42.
• Algoe, S. B., Fredrickson, B. L., & Chow, S. M. (2011). The future of emotions research within positive psychology. In K. M. Sheldon, T.B. Kashdan, & M.F. Steger (Eds.), Designing positive psychology: Taking stock and moving forward (pp. 115-132). New York, NY: Oxford University Press.
• Catalino, L. I. & Fredrickson, B. L. (2011). Tuesdays in the lives of flourishers: The role of positive emotional reactivity in optimal mental health. Emotion, 11, 938-950.
• Garland, E. L., Gaylord, S. A., & Fredrickson, B. L. (2011). Positive appraisal mediates the stress-reductive effects of mindfulness: An upward spiral process. Mindfulness, 2, 59-67.
• Johnson, D. P., Penn, D. L., Fredrickson, B. L., Kring, A. M., Meyer, P. S., Catalino, L. I., & Brantley, M. (2011). A pilot study of loving-kindness meditation for the negative symptoms of schizophrenia. Schizophrenia Research, 129, 137-140.

2010

• Coffey, K. A., Hartman, M., & Fredrickson, B. L. (2010). Deconstructing mindfulness and constructing mental health: Understanding mindfulness and its mechanisms of action. Mindfulness, 1, 235-253.
• Cohn, M. A., & Fredrickson, B. L. (2010). In search of durable positive psychology interventions: Predictors and consequences of long-term positive behavior change. The Journal of Positive Psychology, 5, 355-366.
• Garland, E. L.., Fredrickson, B. L., Kring, A. M., Johnson, D. P., Meyer, P. S., & Penn, D. L. (2010). Upward spirals of positive emotions counter downward spirals of negativity: Insights from the broaden-and-build theory and affective neuroscience on the treatment of emotion dysfunctions and deficits psychopathology. Clinical Psychology Review, 30, 849-864.
• Gross, M. M., Crane, E. A., & Fredrickson, B. L. (2010). Methodology for assessing bodily expression of emotion. Journal of Nonverbal Behavior, 34, 223-248.
• Johnson, K. J., Waugh, C. E., & Fredrickson, B. L. (2010). Smile to see the forest: Facially expressed positive emotions broaden cognition. Cognition & Emotion, 24, 299-321.
• Kok, B.E. & Fredrickson, B.L. (2010). Upward spirals of the heart: Autonomic flexibility, as indexed by vagal tone, reciprocally and prospectively predicts positive emotions and social connectedness. Biological Psychology, 85, 432-436.
• Sekerka, L. E., & Fredrickson, B. L. (2010). Working positively toward transformative cooperation. In P.A. Linley, S. Harrington, & N.Garcea (Eds.), Oxford handbook of positive psychology and work (pp. 81-94). New York, NY: Oxford University Press.
• Tong, E. M. W., Fredrickson, B. L., Chang, W. C., & Lim, Z. X. (2010). Re-examining hope: The roles of agency thinking and pathways thinking. Cognition and Emotion, 24, 1207-1215.

2009

• Brown, S. L., Fredrickson, B. L., Wirth, M. M., Poulin, M. J., Meier, E. A., Heaphy, M. D., Cohen, M. D., & Schultheiss, O. C. (2009). Social closeness increases salivary progesterone in humans. Hormones and Behavior, 56, 108-111.
• Cohn, M. A., Fredrickson, B. L., Brown, S. L., Mikels, J. A., & Conway, A. M. (2009). Happiness Unpacked: Positive emotions increase life satisfaction by building resilience. Emotion, 9, 361-368.
• Dunsmore, J. C., Bradburn, I. S., Costanzo, P. R., & Fredrickson, B. L. (2009). Mother’s expressive style and emotional responses to children’s behavior predict children’s prosocial and achievement-related self-ratings. International Journal of Behavioral Development, 33, 253-264.
• Johnson, D. P., Penn, D. L., Fredrickson, B. L., Meyer, P. S., Kring, A. M., & Brantley, M. (2009). Loving-kindness meditation to enhance recovery from negative symptoms of schizophrenia. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 65, 499-509.
• Wager, T. D., Waugh, C. E., Lindquist, M., Noll, D. C., Fredrickson, B. L., & Taylor, S. F. (2009). Brain mediators of cardiovascular responses to social threat, Part I: Reciprocal dorsal and ventral sub-regions of the medial prefrontal cortex and heart-rate reactivity. Neuroimage, 47, 831-835.

2008

• Burns, A. B., Brown, J. S., Sachs-Ericsson, N., Plant, E. A., Curtis, J. T., Fredrickson, B. L., & Joiner, T. E. (2008). Upward spirals of positive emotion and coping: Replication, extension, and initial exploration of neurochemical substrates. Personality and Individual Differences, 44, 360-370.
• Fredrickson, B. L. (2008). Promoting Positive Affect. In M. Eid & R.J. Larsen (Eds), The Science of Subjective Well-Being (pp. 449-468). New York, NY: Guilford Press.
• Fredrickson, B. L. & Cohn, M.A. (2008). Positive Emotions. In M. Lewis, J. M. Haviland-Jones, & L. F. Barrett (Eds), Handbook of Emotions (pp. 777-796), 3rd Ed. New York, NY: Guilford Press.
• Fredrickson, B. L., Cohn, M. A., Coffey, K. A., Pek, J., & Finkel, S. M. (2008). Open hearts build lives: Positive emotions, induced through loving-kindness meditation, build consequential personal resources. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 95,1045-1062.
• Kok, B. E., Catalino, L. I., & Fredrickson, B.L. (2008). The broadening, building, buffering effects of positive emotions. In S. J. Lopez (Ed.), Positive psychology: Exploring the best of people: Vol. 3 Capitalizing on emotional experiences (pp.1-19). Westport, CT: Greenwood Publishing Company.
• Mikels, J. A., Reuter-Lorenz, P. A., Beyer, J. A., & Fredrickson, B. L. (2008). Emotion and working memory: Evidence for domain-specific processes for affective maintenance. Emotion, 8, 256-266.
• Sekerka, L. E. & Fredrickson, B. L. (2008). Establishing positive emotional climates to advance organizational transformation. In N. A. Ashkanasy & C. L. Cooper (Eds), Research Companion to Emotion in Organizations (pp. 531-545), Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar Publishing.
• Waugh, C. E., Fredrickson, B. L., & Taylor, S. F. (2008). Adapting to life’s sling’s and arrows: Individual differences in resilience when recovering from an anticipated threat. Journal of Research in Personality, 42, 1031-1046.
• Waugh, C. E., Wager, T. D., Fredrickson, B. L., Noll, D. C., & Taylor, S. F. (2008). The neural correlates of trait resilience when anticipating and recovering from threat. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, 3, 322-332.

2007

• Tugade, M. M. & Fredrickson, B. L. (2007). Regulation of positive emotions: Emotion regulation strategies that promote resilience. Journal of Happiness Studies, 8, 311-333.
• Wirth, M. M., Meier, E. A., Fredrickson, B. L., & Schultheiss, O. C . (2007). Relationship between salivary cortisol and progesterone levels in humans. Biological Psychology, 74, 104-107.

2006

• Cohn, M. A. & Fredrickson, B. L. (2006). Beyond the moment, beyond the self: Shared ground between selective investment theory and the broaden-and-build theory of positive emotion. Psychological Inquiry, 17, 39-44.
• Fredrickson, B. L. (2006). Unpacking positive emotions: Investigating the seeds of human flourishing. Journal of Positive Psychology, 1, 57-60.
• Otake, K., Shimai, S., Tanaka-Matsumi, J., Otsui, K., & Fredrickson, B. L. (2006). Happy people become happier through kindness: A counting kindnesses intervention. Journal of Happiness Studies, 7, 361-375.
• Waugh, C. E. & Fredrickson, B. L. (2006). Nice to know you: Positive emotions, self-other overlap, and complex understanding in the formation of new relationships. Journal of Positive Psychology, 1, 93-106.

2005

• Fredrickson, B. L. (2005). The broaden-and-build theory of positive emotions. In F. A. Huppert, N. Baylis, & B. Keverne (Eds.), The Science of Well-Being (pp. 217-238). New York: Oxford University Press.
• Fredrickson, B. L., & Branigan, C. (2005). Positive emotions broaden the scope of attention and thought-action repertoires.Cognition and Emotion, 19, 313-332.
• Fredrickson B. L. & Losada M. F. (2005). Positive affect and the complex dynamics of human flourishing. American Psychologist, 60, 678-686.
• Johnson, K. J. & Fredrickson, B. L. (2005). “We all look the same to me”: Positive emotions eliminate the own-race bias in face recognition. Psychological Science, 16, 875-881.
• Keller, M. C., Fredrickson, B. L., Ybarra, O., Cote, S., Johnson, K. J., Mikels, J., Conway, A. & Wager, T (2005). A warm heart and a clear head: The contingent effects of weather on mood and cognition. Psychological Science, 16, 724-731.
• Mikels, J. A., Fredrickson, B. L., Larkin, G. R., Lindberg, C. M., Maglio, S. J., & Reuter-Lorenz, P. A. (2005). Emotional category data on images from the International Affective Picture System. Behavior Research Methods, 37, 626-630.

2004

• Fredrickson, B. L. (2004). Gratitude, like other positive emotions, broadens and builds. In R. A. Emmons & M. E. McCullough (Eds.), The Psychology of Gratitude (pp. 145-166). New York, NY: Oxford University Press.
• Tugade, M. M. & Fredrickson, B. L. (2004). Resilient individuals use positive emotions to bounce back from negative emotional experiences. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 86, 320-333.
• Tugade, M. M., Fredrickson, B. L., & Feldman-Barrett, L. (2004). Psychological resilience and positive emotional granularity: Examining the benefits of positive emotions on coping and health. Journal of Personality, 72, 1161-1190.

2003

• Fredrickson, B. L. (2003). Positive emotions and upward spirals in organizational settings. In K. S. Cameron, J. E. Dutton & R. E. Quinn (Eds.), Positive Organizational Scholarship (pp. 163-175). San Francisco, CA: Berrett-Koehler Publishers.
• Fredrickson, B. L. (2003). The value of positive emotions. American Scientist, 91, 330-335. Spanish pdf German pdf
• Fredrickson, B. L., Tugade, M. M., Waugh, C. E., & Larkin, G. (2003). What good are positive emotions in crises?: A prospective study of resilience and emotions following the terrorist attacks on the United States on September 11th, 2001. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 84, 365-376.

2002

• Fredrickson, B. L. (2002). How does religion benefit health and well-being?: Are positive emotions active ingredients? Psychological Inquiry, 13, 209-213.
• Fredrickson, B. L. (2002). Positive emotions. In C.R. Snyder & S. J. Lopez (Eds.), Handbook of Positive Psychology (pp. 120-134). New York, NY: Oxford University Press.
• Fredrickson, B. L. & Joiner, T. (2002). Positive emotions trigger upward spirals toward emotional well-being. Psychological Science, 13, 172-175.
• Tugade, M. M. & Fredrickson, B. L. (2002). Positive emotions and emotional intelligence. In L. F. Barrett & P. Salovey (Eds.), The Wisdom in Feeling (pp. 319 – 340). New York, NY: Guilford Press.

2001

• Fredrickson, B. L. (2001). The role of positive emotions in positive psychology: The broaden-and-build theory of positive emotions. American Psychologist, 56, 218-226.

2000

• Fredrickson, B. L. (2000). Extracting meaning from past affective experiences: The importance of peaks, ends, and specific emotions. Cognition and Emotion, 14, 577-606.
• Fredrickson, B. L. (2000). Cultivating positive emotions to optimize health and well-being. Target article in Prevention and Treatment, 3.
• Fredrickson, B. L., Mancuso, R. A., Branigan, C., & Tugade, M. M. (2000). The undoing effect of positive emotions. Motivation and Emotion. 24, 237-258.

1999

• Larsen, R. J. & Fredrickson, B. L. (1999). Measurement issues in emotion research. In D. Kahneman, E. Diener & N. Schwarz (Eds.), Well-being: Foundations of hedonic psychology (pp. 40-60). New York, NY: Russell Sage.

1998

• Fredrickson, B. L. (1998). What good are positive emotions? Review of General Psychology, 2, 300-319.
• Fredrickson, B. L. & Levenson, R. W. (1998). Positive emotions speed recovery from the cardiovascular sequelae of negative emotions. Cognition and Emotion, 12, 191-220.