title: Resilience and positive emotions: examining the role of emotional memories.
abstract: Resilience has been frequently associated with positive emotions, especially when experienced during taxing events. However, the psychological processes that might allow resilient individuals to self-generate those positive emotions have been mostly overlooked. In line with recent advances in memory research, we propose that emotional memories play an important role in the self-generation of positive emotions. The present research examined this hypothesis in two studies. Study 1 provided initial data on the validity and reliability of a measure of emotional memories networks (EMN) and showed that it had a predictive value for broad emotion regulation constructs and outcomes. In addition, Study 1 showed that positive EMN mediated the relationship between psychological resilience and the experience of positive emotions in a context of sadness, even after controlling for pre-experimental positive mood. Study 2 replicated results of Study 1 in a context of anxiety and after controlling for positive affectivity trait.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, McGill University, 1205 Dr. Penfield Avenue, Montreal, QC, H3A 1B1, Canada. frederick.philippe@mail.mcgill.ca
authors.forename: Frederick L
authors.initials: FL
authors.lastname: Philippe
authors.forename: Serge
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lecours
authors.forename: Geneviève
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Beaulieu-Pelletier
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D001007:Anxiety / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006240:Happiness; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D007389:Internal-External Control; D008297:Male; D008568:Memory; D008603:Mental Health; D010549:Personal Satisfaction; D055500:Resilience, Psychological; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D055815:Young Adult