The impact of affect on resource development: Support for the broaden-and-build model
Schiffrin H.H.; Falkenstern M.
2012
North American Journal of Psychology
11
The broaden-and-build model has described the evolutionary benefits of positive emotions as broadening people's thoughts and actions in a manner that allows the building of cognitive, social, physical, and psychological resources that may be used in later times of need. This study examined the relationship between both positive and negative affect and the four areas of resources proposed in the broaden-and-build model. A questionnaire was administered to 99 undergraduates at a small, liberal arts college to measure subjective well-being as well as cognitive, social, physical, and psychological resources. Positive affect significantly predicted increased social support, health perception, and beneficial psychological outcomes such as optimism and resilience, as well as decreases in stress and depression. Conversely, negative affect significantly predicted decreases in social, physical, and psychological resources (e.g., resilience) and increases in stress and depression (if experiencing low levels of positive affect). The results are discussed in terms of their consistency with the broaden-and-build model and the upward spiral of positive affect, their implications for the conceptualization of affect, and the practical application of the findings. © NAJP.
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