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The value of “negative” appraisals for resilience. Is positive (re)appraisal always good and negative always bad?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 September 2015

Alexandra M. Freund  and
Ursula M. Staudinger
Alexandra M. Freund
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology and University Research Priority Program Dynamics of Healthy Aging, University of Zurich, 8050 Zurich, Switzerland freund@psychologie.uzh.ch http://www.psychologie.uzh.ch/fachrichtungen/lifespan/team/freund_en.html
Ursula M. Staudinger
Affiliation:
Columbia Aging Center, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032. ums2103@cumc.columbia.edu http://www.mailman.columbia.edu/our-faculty/profile?uni=ums2103
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Abstract

In contrast to the PASTOR model by Kalisch et al. we point to the potential negative long-term effects of positive (re)appraisals of events for resilience. This perspective posits that emotional reactions to events provide important guidelines as to which events, environments, or social relations should be sought out and which ones should be avoided in the future.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 38 , 2015 , e101
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2015 

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