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Measuring Positive Emotions

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Assessing Well-Being

Part of the book series: Social Indicators Research Series ((SINS,volume 39))

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When researchers want to assess positive feelings, they need to understand the various definitions and models of emotion. The current chapter describes the theories and various measures that derive from them, and reviews the strenghts and weaknesses of different measures of positive emotions. In addition, nonself-report measures of positive feelings are reviewed

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  1. Department of Psychology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA

    Richard E. Lucas

  2. Dept. Psychology, University of Illinois, 603 E. Daniel St., Champaign, Illinois, USA

    Ed Diener

  3. Department of Psychology, Washington University, 63130, St. Louis, Missouri, USA

    Randy J. Larsen

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Lucas, R.E., Diener, E., Larsen, R.J. (2009). Measuring Positive Emotions. In: Diener, E. (eds) Assessing Well-Being. Social Indicators Research Series, vol 39. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-2354-4_7

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