Concept information
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industrial psychology
understanding and assessing individual differences
personality assessment
emotion
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organization studies
organization studies encyc
organizational cognition, change, and communication
positive psychology
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industrial psychology
productive and counterproductive employee behavior
prosocial behavior
positive psychology
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assessment, testing, and research methods
personality assessment
prosocial behavior
positive psychology
Preferred term
positive affect
Definition
- Definition Positive affect is the pleasant state that can be induced by small things that happen in everyday life. It is one of the most exciting topics currently under investigation in the psychological research literature. [Source: Encyclopedia of Social Psychology; Positive Affect]
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URI
https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/positive_affect
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