Positive affect and the complex dynamics of human flourishing.

BL Fredrickson, MF Losada - American psychologist, 2005 - psycnet.apa.org
BL Fredrickson, MF Losada
American psychologist, 2005psycnet.apa.org
Abstract [Correction Notice: An Erratum for this article was reported in Vol 68 (9) of American
Psychologist (see record 2013-32937-001). The hypothesis tested in this article was
motivated, in part, by the nonlinear dynamic model introduced in Losada (1999) and
advanced in Losada and Heaphy (2004) and herein (Fredrickson & Losada, 2005). This
model has since been called into question (Brown, Sokal, & Friedman, 2013). Losada has
chosen not to defend his nonlinear dynamic model in light of the Brown et al. critique …
Abstract
[Correction Notice: An Erratum for this article was reported in Vol 68 (9) of American Psychologist (see record 2013-32937-001). The hypothesis tested in this article was motivated, in part, by the nonlinear dynamic model introduced in Losada (1999) and advanced in Losada and Heaphy (2004) and herein (Fredrickson & Losada, 2005). This model has since been called into question (Brown, Sokal, & Friedman, 2013). Losada has chosen not to defend his nonlinear dynamic model in light of the Brown et al. critique. Fredrickson’s (2013) published response to the Brown et al. critique conveys that although she had accepted Losada’s modeling as valid, she has since come to question it. As such, the modeling element of this article is formally withdrawn as invalid and, along with it, the model-based predictions about the particular positivity ratios of 2.9 and 11.6. Other elements of the article remain valid and are unaffected by this correction notice. Some of these notable elements are included in the erratum.] Extending BL Fredrickson's (1998) broaden-and-build theory of positive emotions and M. Losada's (1999) nonlinear dynamics model of team performance, the authors predict that a ratio of positive to negative affect at or above 2.9 will characterize individuals in flourishing mental health. Participants (N= 188) completed an initial survey to identify flourishing mental health and then provided daily reports of experienced positive and negative emotions over 28 days. Results showed that the mean ratio of positive to negative affect was above 2.9 for individuals classified as flourishing and below that threshold for those not flourishing. Together with other evidence, these findings suggest that a set of general mathematical principles may describe the relations between positive affect and human flourishing.(PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved)
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